digital printer
Digital printers work with machines that print directly to the medium, without an intervening plate. Digital printers usually use laser or inkjet technology to print individual pages without lengthy or labour intensive technical steps intervening between the finished digital product and the print.
Also called: digital print specialist, digital print supervisor, digital printer technician, digital print technician, digital print machine specialist, digital printer operator, digital print machine operator, digital print machine technician
- 18
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
18- digital printing
- feed press cylinders
- follow production schedule
- follow safety precautions in printing
- maintenance of printing machines
- monitor automated machines
- operate digital printers
- perform test run
- printing materials
- printing on large scale machines
- produce prepress proof
- quality standards
- set colour profiles
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of paper
- use colour printing programs
Optional skills
21- calibrate electronic instruments
- communicate with customers
- consult technical resources
- create digital files
- follow a brief
- inspect printing output
- keep records of work progress
- monitor stock level
- order supplies
- perform machine maintenance
- prepare documents for scanning
- printed goods processes
- printing media
- printing techniques
- process printing input
- produce scanned images
- record production data for quality control
- report defective manufacturing materials
- reproduce documents
- set scanner controls
- use word processing software
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