- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in machine typesetting. Responsibilities include:
* Reads production schedule and plans work assignments according to setup and work load of individual machines.
* Examines proofs to verify conformance to work order specifications.
* Periodically verifies status of each job in progress in order to maintain production.
* Trains workers to operate typesetting machines.
* May operate typesetting machines as necessary.
* May coordinate setting of copy into type.
* May supervise workers engaged in phototypesetting and be designated photocomposition supervisor.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to cast complete lines of type from type metal and deposit them in galley in composed form for printing. Responsibilities include:
* Starts type-casting mechanism and adjusts marginal stops and gauge to regulate length and thickness of lines to be cast.
* Reads copy and presses keys of keyboard to select matrices of letters from magazine which are assembled into words.
* Moves lever to cast line and deposit it in galley when line is complete.
* Transfers lines of type, with copy, to composing or bank table for making proof copy.
* Sets new lines of type to correct errors as indicated on proofsheet.
* Places pigs of metal on feed chain of melting pot to replenish supply.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates machine to perforate paper tape used to control casting type. Responsibilities include:
* Clips copy containing instructions to copyholder.
* Selects and installs bank of keys to make specified size and style of type.
* Sets and locks scale for indicating spacing of words in line, adjusts line-length indicator, and installs roll of paper strip, threading end of strip through machine.
* Admits compressed air to machine.
* Tears strip loose from supply roll, attaches type-casting instructions to reel, and forwards reel for casting type.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates photocomposing machine to transfer data from perforated or magnetic tape into print on film or photographic paper, using either of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Loads roll of film or paper in machine magazine.
* Secures roll of perforated tape on machine reel and threads end of tape through machine feed rollers.
* Selects type font according to size and face of type specified and positions it on photographic unit.
* Turns dials to adjust line spacing and light intensity according to size and face of type.
* Starts machine that automatically prints type onto film or paper according to coded signal on tape.
* Removes finished copy from magazine for development.
* (2) Places reel of magnetic tape onto feed spindle of phototypesetting unit.
* Depresses keys to enter command codes, such as size and style of type, width and length of column, and to activate computer to produce phototypesetting film, phototypesetting paper, or copy of tape.
* Removes and stacks finished copies from photocopy printing unit.
* Removes printing unit from machine, drains chemical solution, washes unit, and refills unit with specified developing solution.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates keyboard of automatic phototypesetting machine to photographically print type matter onto film or strips of photosensitive paper to prepare positives or paper flats for making printing plates. Responsibilities include:
* Loads roll of photosensitive paper or film into camera magazine, positions magazine on machine, and pulls lever to open exposure slot.
* Starts typesetting mechanism.
* Turns dial to select lens and regulate gear that controls size (magnification or reproduction) of matrix letter, exposure, and light intensity, or moves selector levers, depresses keys or control buttons to select style and size of type.
* Depresses keys of keyboard to select foto mats for printing onto photopaper or film.
* Cuts photopaper with knife to separate exposed portion.
* Removes exposed photopaper or film from magazine for developing.
* May perform routine maintenance and adjustments on machine, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates keyboard of automatic phototypesetting machine to photographically print type matter onto film or strips of photosensitive paper to prepare positives or paper flats for making printing plates. Responsibilities include:
* Loads roll of photosensitive paper or film into camera magazine, positions magazine on machine, and pulls lever to open exposure slot.
* Starts typesetting mechanism.
* Turns dial to select lens and regulate gear that controls size (magnification or reproduction) of matrix letter, exposure, and light intensity, or moves selector levers, depresses keys or control buttons to select style and size of type.
* Depresses keys of keyboard to select foto mats for printing onto photopaper or film.
* Cuts photopaper with knife to separate exposed portion.
* Removes exposed photopaper or film from magazine for developing.
* May perform routine maintenance and adjustments on machine, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who monitors and controls electronic computer system used in phototypesetting. Responsibilities include:
* Sets control switches on optical character reader, computer, or phototypesetter.
* Inserts command codes to integrate and operate equipment according to data requirements specified in mark-up instructions.
* Selects and loads input and output units with materials for operating equipment.
* Moves switches to clear system and start operation of equipment.
* Observes equipment and control panels on consoles for error lights, messages, and machine stoppage or faulty output.
* Notifies superior of errors or equipment stoppage.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends and adjusts one or more linecasting machines, equipped with tape converter unit, to produce type composition automatically. Responsibilities include:
* Positions spool of punched tape on machine reel.
* Threads end of tape through feed mechanism of converter unit.
* Turns control to start unit that sets type automatically as directed by coded signal on punched tape.
* Transfers lines of type, with copy, to composing or bank table for taking of proof.
* Adds new pigs of type metal to melting pot to replenish supply.
* Observes operation of machine to detect malfunction of keyboard, matrix circulation mechanism, tape feeding mechanism or other machine mechanisms, and adjusts their mechanical components, using handtools, or depresses keys on keyboard to clear jamming.
* Periodically cleans matrices, magazine, and molds.
* May replace worn parts, such as code bars, keys, and spacebands, using handtools and power tools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends and adjusts one or more linecasting machines, equipped with tape converter unit, to produce type composition automatically. Responsibilities include:
* Positions spool of punched tape on machine reel.
* Threads end of tape through feed mechanism of converter unit.
* Turns control to start unit that sets type automatically as directed by coded signal on punched tape.
* Transfers lines of type, with copy, to composing or bank table for taking of proof.
* Adds new pigs of type metal to melting pot to replenish supply.
* Observes operation of machine to detect malfunction of keyboard, matrix circulation mechanism, tape feeding mechanism or other machine mechanisms, and adjusts their mechanical components, using handtools, or depresses keys on keyboard to clear jamming.
* Periodically cleans matrices, magazine, and molds.
* May replace worn parts, such as code bars, keys, and spacebands, using handtools and power tools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who this group includes occupations concerned with producing copies of designs or lettering by transferring ink or pigment on type, plates, or rolls to paper or similar materials by means of a printing press.
* Includes cylinder presses, offset presses, and platen presses.
Industry:Professional careers
