| Job Title |
Cut-and-print-machine Operator |
| Job Description |
Sets Up And Operates Battery Of One Or More Types Of Printing
Presses To Print Identifying Data On Paper Sheets That Are Wound
Into Tubes For Shotgun Shells: Places Type Block On Press Bed,
Arranges Wooden Blocks To Hold It In Desired Position, And Locks
Them In Place By Tightening Wedges With Key Wrench. Wraps And
Clamps Tympan Sheet Around Backing Cylinder And Fills Reservoir
With Ink, Using Putty Knife. Fills Feed Tray With Paper And
Turns Valve To Start Suction Of Feed Cups. Starts Press And Runs
Proof Sheet. Examines It For Uniformity Of Impression,
Alignment, And Spacing, And Feels Imprint For Depth. Builds Up
Tympan For Darker Impression By Inserting Sheets Of Tissue Or
Thicker Paper Between Cylinder And Tympan Or By Cutting And
Pasting Strips Over Light Portions. Mounts Paper Roll In Rear
Cradle Of Cut And Print Machine, Using Chain Hoist, And Threads
End Through Series Of Rollers To Cutoff Blade. Selects Curved
Printing Plates With Desired Wording And Screws Them To Printing
Cylinder. Wraps And Clamps Tympan Sheet Around Backing Cylinder.
Runs Proof And Builds Up Impression. Examines Stock For
Deviation From Color Standard By Holding It To Light And Pulling
Stock Through Fingers To Determine Texture. Measures Thickness
Of Paper And Skived Edges, Using Dial Indicator, To Periodically
Verify Conformance To Specifications. Adjusts Guides, Pickup
Fingers, And Cylinder And Roller Alignment By Trial And Error,
By Turning Setscrews, Wingnuts And Stopnuts, Using Handtools.
Turns Gears To Adjust Length Of Cut. Clears Jammed Paper From
Mechanism, Using Fingers Or Screwdriver.
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