PSOC Unit group 7322 — Printers (2026)

Printers set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, newspaper and other printing presses. Their tasks include: a) setting, adjusting and monitoring substrate-feed mechanisms, delivery mechanisms, inking systems and other printing machine functions; b) mixing ink and solvents to standard, and regulating paper and ink supply during print runs; c) monitoring, evaluating and determining press to check print quality standards against proofs and detect malfunctions; d) producing a variety of printed products using relief, lithographic, flexographic and gravure printing presses, and in-line finishing systems; e) preparing plates, blankets and impression cylinders on small offset lithographic printing presses; f) loading paper into feeding mechanisms; g) monitoring machine operations and quality of printing; h) maintaining, adjusting, repairing and cleaning machines; i) producing digital print images, and transferring and outputting images. Examples of the occupations classified here: Cylinder pressman, Developer (black and white) Developer (color), Digital press operator, Direct lithographic pressman, Feeder operator (printing), Flexographic press operator, Gravure press operator, Large sheet-fed press operator, Letter Press-pressman*, Offset Press (web fed)*, Offset Pressman, Offset Pressman (sheet fed)*, Offset printing press operator, Paper cutting machine operator, Photograph enlarger, Photograph printer, Photographic equipment repairer, Photographic film and paper maker, Platen pressman, Press operator printing/cylinder, Press roller maker, Printer (block), Printing machine operator, Printing quality inspector, Printing scheduler, Repro-cameraman*, Reproduction machine operator, Rotary pressman, Rotary printing press operator, Rotogravure pressman, Screen printer, Screen printing press operator, Silk-screen printer, Silk-screen stencil cutter, Small press operator, Stripper (black and white)*, Stripper (colored)*, Textile printer, Wallpaper printer, Web press operator

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