| Job Title |
Pantographer |
| Job Description |
Operates Pantograph Machine To Transfer Design In Reduced Form
From Zinc Plate To Varnished Printing Rollers: Moves Stylus On
Tracing Carriage Through Series Of Reference Points On Zinc
Plate, Depresses Pedal To Lower Diamond Points To Surface Of
Roller, And Observes Alignment Of Diamond Points With Marks On
Roller To Verify Machine Setup. Sets Ground Point Into Slot On
Ground Wheel According To Instructions On Design Sheet. Moves
Lever To Lock Tracing Carriage In Position For Inscribing Ground
Lines On Surface Of Varnished Roller. Rotates Ground Wheel To
Advance Tracing Carriage Specified Distance, Depresses Pedal To
Lower Diamond Points To Roller Surface, And Moves Stylus Back
And Forth Within Outline On Zinc Plate To Inscribe Oblique
Ground Lines On Roller. Releases Tracing Carriage And Guides
Stylus Around Outline On Zinc Plate To Transfer Outline To
Roller. Engages Register Point In Appropriate Slot On Register
Wheel And Adjusts Dimension Levers, Using Handtools To Set Up
Machine For Inscribing Subsequent Repeats Of Pattern Around
Circumference Of Roller. Transfers Portions Of Design
Represented By Different Colors Onto Separate Rollers. Paints
Over Pinholes, Scratches, And Reference Points Left On Roller By
Pantograph Setter (print. & Pub.), Using Brush And Acid
Resistant Paint. Marks Register Point On End Of Roller, Using
Hammer And Punch.
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