Press Operator

Newprint is a North America–based, family-owned printing company with a long, multi-generational history in the print industry. Originally founded in USA as an offset printing company in 1990, Newprint has grown beyond its regional roots to serve clients across the United States, and other international markets. With an established presence supporting clients in New York and throughout the U.S., Newprint provides professional printing services to a diverse range of organizations, including non-profit, public, and private sector clients.

As a qualified supplier to various government and institutional clients, we operate under rigorous quality control standards. These same standards are applied consistently across all customer engagements, regardless of size or industry. Our focus is on delivering innovative products and customized printing solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. To support this, we leverage industry-leading tools from Esko and EFI to optimize workflow efficiency and turnaround times, along with advanced production equipment from Heidelberg and Xerox to ensure high-quality finished products.

We are looking for a skilled and detail-oriented press operator to manage press make-ready, operations and maintenance of printing presses as well as direct helpers/feeders. The chosen individual must be knowledgeable in all makeready, operations and makeready procedures as well as be capable to achieve and maintain desired print quality.

• Manage and direct activities of the helpers/feeders
• Install plates and blankets on press cylinders
• Adjust press machine parts, such as a feeder, delivery mechanisms, guides, feed wheels, jogging device, tapes and cams
• Set up, operate and trouble shoot the press maintaining consistent color and image quality
• Wash blankets, clean ink, and ink fountains using ink solvent/cleaning mechanism on press
• Make necessary color and register corrections and/or press adjustments prior to production run to meet and maintain quality specifications
• Check printed product for correct color and consistency (too much or not enough water/ink summing, ink set off position of printed image, broken/ missing/ smudged image).
• Review and analyze printing ink/paper/equipment relationships to identify printing problems and make adjustments and/or corrections in a timely manner
• Operate equipment safely and produce desired product
• Perform routine operational maintenance and minor repairs to equipment

• High-School or Trade School
• Minimum 5 years previous experience setting up and running sheet fed presses
• Must be able to work in a team environment
• Ability to read, understand, and carry out written instructions
• Must be able to read and write English and communicate by performing basic print and math calculations
• Distinguish color, shades, tints and density variations to produce a quality product
• Ability to follow instructions to operate equipment safely and produce desired product
• Ability to perform routine operational maintenance and minor repairs to equipment
• Standing 100% of the time
• Lifting up to 50 lbs occasionally, 35 lbs. frequently
• Grasping with both hands for long periods of time