Description
Prepare and proof digital artwork, text, and images from designers and clients into production-ready layouts for print and digital media. Includes digital typesetting, color correction, and file preparation; may output proofs and printing plates.
- • Enter, store, and retrieve digital assets and job data in production systems.
- • Enter, position, and adjust text and images using layout software to build pages.
- • Maintain, calibrate, and clean graphic arts equipment; perform minor repairs.
- • Operate RIPs, digital printers, and plate-making devices to output proofs and plates.
- • Inspect and retouch images to correct defects, color, tone, and resolution before output.
- • Print and evaluate proofs, monitoring color, registration, and image quality.
- • Examine unexposed plates or print media to detect flaws or contamination before production.
- • Verify finished plates or output match specifications, using light boxes, loupes, or microscopes.
- • Select appropriate plates, media, and device settings based on run length and process.
- • Analyze artwork for color density, highlights, midtones, and shadows using densitometers or spectrophotometers.
- • Configure scanners or capture devices for resolution, size, color space, screening, and exposure.
- • Scale and crop artwork for reductions, enlargements, and bleeds using proportion tools or software.
- • Generate soft and hard proofs to simulate the final printed or digital piece.
- • Proofread and perform quality control on text, images, and layout.
- • Preflight fonts, graphics, color profiles, links, and bleeds to ensure complete, print-ready files.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
