PrePress Technician

Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review electronic files received from clients and performs quality checks for detail and completeness.
• Use electronic page layout software to review/correct format issues for paper size and presentation.
• Determine page layout for folds, trims, bleeds and grippers. Add necessary crop marks and color bars.
• Able to transfer electronic files for output to Pre-Press file server, create electronic page images for proofs to promote quality control.
• Able to troubleshoot file issue, collaborate and coordinate with Planners and Production
• Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned by the manager

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Training

• High School Diploma or GED (required)
• Technical training school desired
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Experience

• Two (2) years prepress operator experience is a plus
• Prinergy, ESKO and Preps experienced preferred
• Familiar with Print MIS systems desired, EFI Monarch or PSI
• Knowledge of color, paper, and print-flow operations highly recommended (including offset and digital sheetfed, digital webfed, wide format, bindery, finishing and direct mail.

Licenses/Certifications

• None required to start.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to Pre-flight customer files and to make file corrections
• Ability to read and understand work orders
• Have a working knowledge of Macintosh and Windows operating systems as well as a variety of application software and in-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Attention to detail is a must for accuracy and analytically including good typing, grammar and spelling skills for review.
• Must have advanced knowledge of impositioning, including the ability to design custom impositions tailored to specifications for press, finishing and bindery. Knowledge of wide-format printing and color separation.
• Skilled in optimizing layouts for efficiency, accuracy, speed and waste reduction in digital and offset environments.
• Necessary skills - organization, problem solving and adaptable and be self motivated to learn production techniques, operate on tight deadlines and excel in a high volume environment. Exercise verbal and written communication skills and to work with a team
• Conscious of Quality Assurance, Safety and Security
• Attendance/Punctuality