Flexographic-press Operator
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Sets up and operates flexographic printing press to print
designs or lettering on rolls of flexible plastic film, paper,
and nonabsorbent stock for use in maknig products, such as
plastic, paper, or waxed paper bags, and paper taking cups:
Reads job order and mounts specified rubber plate and printing
dies on cylinder, installs cylinder on shaft, and secures
assembly in bed of press.
Fills dye fonts with prescribed inks
or dyes. Moves levers to engage dye rolls, adjusting postiion of
cylinder to print two or more colors without overlapping or
smearing previously printed area.
Inserts shaft through core of
paper or plastic roll and secures roll on prses in feed
position.
Splices end of roll to trailer sheet remaining in
press, using tape, and turns handwheel to regulate roll tension
and feed as directed.
Starts press, ajdusting speed, tension,
and alignment of printing plate as necessary.
Cuts sample of
printed material from end of printed roll and inspects for
imperfections, such as blurred or off-center impressions.
Cleans
rubber plate, cylinder, and dye fonts, using solvent, and
lubriactes press as needed, using grease gun. May mix inks or
dyes to produce desired colros.
May operate press equipped with
laminator attachment to print and laminate ployethylene or
cellophane sheeting. May operate prses that prints, cuts, and
folds paper stock to make paper napkins.
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Flexographic-Press Operator
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