Electronic Prepress Operator; EPP

Electronic Prepress Operator (EPP Operator) Responsibilities

• Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer‑aided equipment.
• Maintain, adjust, and clean equipment; perform minor repairs.
• Enter, position, and alter text size using computers to make up and arrange pages for printed materials.
• Operate and maintain laser plate‑making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without film.
• Transfer images from master plates to unexposed plates and immerse plates in developing solutions to develop images.
• Position and angle screens for proper exposure.
• Mix solutions such as developing solutions and coloured coating solutions.
• Examine photographic images for obvious imperfections prior to plate making.
• Examine unexposed photographic plates to detect flaws or foreign particles prior to printing.
• Perform close alignment or registration of double and single flats to sensitised plates prior to exposure, to produce composite images.

• Watch gauges, dials, or other indicators to ensure a machine is functioning properly.
• Identify complex problems, review related information, develop and evaluate options, and implement solutions.
• Monitor and assess performance of yourself, other individuals, or organisations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem‑solving and decision‑making.

• Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the meaning, spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods, including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

• High school diploma – Technical Studies, Pomona High School, Oakland, California, August 2015 – August 2017.