Printers set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, newspaper and other printing presses.
(a)   Tasks include -
setting, adjusting and monitoring substrate-feed mechanisms, delivery mechanisms, inking systems and other printing machine functions;
mixing ink and solvents to standard, and regulating paper and ink supply during print runs;
monitoring, evaluating and determining press to check print quality standards against proofs and detect malfunctions;
producing a variety of printed products using relief, lithographic, flexographic and gravure printing presses, and in-line finishing systems;
preparing plates, blankets and impression cylinders on small offset lithographic printing presses;
loading paper into feeding mechanisms;
monitoring machine operations and quality of printing;
maintaining, adjusting, repairing and cleaning machines;
producing digital print images, and transferring and outputting images.