Responsible for setting up and operating an automatic textile screen printing press according to written and/or verbal instructions, established company procedures, safety, and quality guidelines. Capable of solving printing problems, making adjustments to mechanical operation of press to keep quality, registration, color, and production speed at optimum. Has good understanding of inks, solvents, and can print line, halftone, and four-color copy on a variety of substrates by performing the following duties personally or through assistant personnel.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
•Receives production order and job assignments from supervisor. Reads job order to verify quantity to be printed, overrun tolerance, color sequence, and substrate.
•Obtains production screens and check them for proper color sequence and quality.
•Places production screens in proper color position on the press and properly align and position the screens.
•Tests the registration of the print design by allowing the machine to cycle automatically, printing on material scraps until one scrap is printed with complete design.
•Inspect the print for proper location relative to garment size.
•Secures supervisor approval for production run.
•Sets dryer for proper drying or curing.
•Prints job maintaining optimum production rate, color density, registration, and quality standard within established company and customer guidelines, replacing misprinted or unacceptable garments to obtain customer order quantities.
•Solves printing problems.
•Prints line, halftone and four-color copy on a variety of substrates.
•Responsible for directing the work of press helper and catcher/folder/inspector.
•Completes production records.
•Ensures proper cleanliness of press, work station, and immediate press area.
•Trains press helper to operate press.
If you are an experienced press operator or have working knowledge of screen printing, please reach out to me today. Paula 630-357-7468 x 100