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Will AI replace Printing Press Operators?
O*NET occupation 51-5112.00
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Printer
- Print Press Operator
- Printing Press Operator
- Screen Printing Press Operator
- Printing Press Machine Operator
- Flexographic Printing Press Operator
- Press Operator
- Print Operator
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Start presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration.
- Examine job orders to determine quantities to be printed, stock specifications, colors, or special printing instructions.
- Adjust ink fountain flow rates.
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