PRESS OPERATOR
Summary
Operates screen-printing press
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Verifies material to be printed, design, and colors of ink from job order.
Adjusts controls to regulate ink.
Starts press and runs off design for approval.
Examines proof to determine off-level areas, variation in ink volume, indications of offsetting, and color register.
Adjusts press controls and automatic feeders, and repacks cylinder with overlay to equalize off-level areas as required.
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INSPECTOR
Summary
Inspects garments for defects in screen-printing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Scans garment to detect defects such as variations in color.
Examines fabric dropped stitches, holes, or stains.
Folds garment.
Removes spots and stains from garments.
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TECHNICIAN
Summary
Sets up screen-printing press
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
include the following.
Other duties may be assigned.
Turn handwheel to set pressure on printing rollers.
Turns screws to align register marks on printing rollers with register marks on machine.
Aligns doctor blade against printing roller.
Dips color from tubs into color boxes to supply printing rollers.
Scans cloth leaving machine for printing defects such as smudges, variations in color shades, and designs that are out of register (alignment).
Realigns printing rollers and adjusts position of blanket or back gray cloth to absorb excess color from printing rollers.
Records yardage of cloth printed.
Coordinates printing activities with activities of workers who feed and doff machine and aid in setting up and cleaning machine.
Notifies Colorist when color shade varies from specifications.
Mixes own colors.
Mounts printing rollers on machine for change of pattern.
Positions knives specified distance from edge of plastic material to trim excess material from edges.