A professional who operates printing press to print embossed forms, such as business cards, letterheads, and announcements, from engraved steel plates. Responsibilities include:

• Positions plate in plateholder and builds up space beneath plate with cut pieces of fabric material to make slight crimp of printed areas.
• Glues plate in position.
• Sets paper guides and adjusts plate-wiping mechanism, using wrenches.
• Turns on drying lamps over takeoff conveyor and starts press.
• Engages automatic feed or feeds sheets to press by hand, aligning them against paper guides.