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Will AI replace Prepress Technicians and Workers?
O*NET occupation 51-5111.00
Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Form Worker
- Prepress Technician
- Electronic Prepress Technician (EPP Tech)
- Digital Prepress Technician (Digital Prepress Tech)
- Layup Worker
- Process Worker
- Linotype Worker
- Transfer Worker
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece.
- Proofread and perform quality control of text and images.
- Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.
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