A professional who tends machine that glues fabric strip over back edge of unbound paper products, such as legal tablets, notebooks, and ledger paper. Responsibilities include:

• Turns handwheel to adjust machine-head pressure plate to thickness of item being processed.
• Places roll of gummed tape on reel and threads end through feed guide and rolls.
• Turns screws to adjust tension springs that bring pressure on tape to facilitate sticking, using wrench and screwdriver.
• Starts machine and feeds items into machine feed conveyors.
• Stacks completed product on skids.