| Job Title |
Electronic Prepress System Operator |
| Job Description |
Operates Prepress System To Electronically Assemble Images
Into Pages And To Retouch And Make Color Corrections To Page
Elements To Be Used In Production Of Lithographic Printing
Plates Or Gravure Cylinders: Enters Digitized Data, Such As
Artist's Layout, Color Separations, Text, Page Dimensions, And
Layout Instructions, Into Electronic Prepress System Computer
Memory, Using Components Of System Such As Scanner, Camera,
Keyboard, Or Mouse, Or Loads Floppy Disks Or Tapes Containing
Information Into System. Studies Layout Or Other Instructions To
Determine Work To Be Done And Sequence Of Operations. Views
Monitors For Visual Representation Of Work In Progress And For
Instructions And Feedback Throughout Process. Activates Options,
Such As Masking Or Text Processing; Enters Data, Such As
Background Color, Shapes, And Coordinates Of Images; And
Retrieves Data From System Memory To Assemble Elements On Pages.
Retrieves Images From System Memory; Activates Options, Such As
Masking, Pixel (picture Element) Editing, Airbrushing, Or Image
Retouching; And Enters Data, Such As Coordinates Of Images And
Color Specifications, Into System To Retouch And Make Color
Corrections. Saves Completed Work On Floppy Disks Or Magnetic
Tape. May Create Special Effects, Such As Vignettes, Mosaics,
And Image Combining. May Be Designated According To Area Of
Specialization And Be Known As Electronic Color Correction
Operator (print. & Pub.); Electronic Page Makeup System Operator
(print. & Pub.); Pagination System Operator (print. & Pub.).
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