Prepress Technicians and Workers

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.

193 alternate job titles:

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Salary Information

Prepress Technicians and Workers: $47,300 (median) per year.

Starting salary (10th percentile).
Required expreience: Varies by Company


Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Daily Tasks & Responsibilities

Task Description Category
Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment. General
Program equipment to perform production tasks. General
Clean production equipment. General
Repair production equipment or tools. General
Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality. General
Examine condition of property or products. General
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications. General
Select production equipment according to product specifications. General
Operate digital imaging equipment. General
Maintain production or processing equipment. Maintenance
Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed. Maintenance
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment. Development
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    Technology Requirements

    Technology Description
    Adobe Creative Cloud software Graphics or photo imaging software
    Adobe Illustrator Graphics or photo imaging software
    Adobe InDesign Desktop publishing software
    Adobe Photoshop Graphics or photo imaging software
    Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software
    Microsoft Office software Office suite software
    Adobe Acrobat Document management software
    Microsoft Outlook Electronic mail software
    Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation software
    Microsoft Word Word processing software
    Adobe Director Video creation and editing software
    Adobe FrameMaker Desktop publishing software
    Adobe FreeHand MX Graphics or photo imaging software
    Adobe LifeCycle Enterprise Suite Document management software
    Adobe PageMaker Desktop publishing software
    Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite Graphics or photo imaging software
    Corel Painter Graphics or photo imaging software
    Esko ArtPro Desktop publishing software
    File transfer protocol FTP software Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software
    Global Graphics Software Harlequin Document management software
    Hamrick Software VueScan Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
    LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast Ai Studio Graphics or photo imaging software
    Multi-line optical character reader OCR software Optical character reader OCR or scanning software
    Operating system software Operating system software
    ProjectSend Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software
    QuarkXPress Desktop publishing software
    Web browser software Internet browser software
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      Relevant Certifications

      Industry certifications that may be valuable for this career role:

      Certification Issuing Organization Practice Test
      Certified Composites Technicians American Composites Manufacturers Association Not Available
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