We want you to join our USA team!

Location:

New York, USA

Position Available:

1

Company Description:

Newprint is a North America–based, family-owned printing company with a long, multi-generational history in the print industry. Originally founded in USA as an offset printing company in 1990, Newprint has grown beyond its regional roots to serve clients across the United States, and other international markets. With an established presence supporting clients in New York and throughout the U.S., Newprint provides professional printing services to a diverse range of organizations, including non-profit, public, and private sector clients. As a qualified supplier to various government and institutional clients, we operate under rigorous quality control standards. These same standards are applied consistently across all customer engagements, regardless of size or industry. Our focus is on delivering innovative products and customized printing solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. To support this, we leverage industry-leading tools from Esko and EFI to optimize workflow efficiency and turnaround times, along with advanced production equipment from Heidelberg and Xerox to ensure high-quality finished products.

Description:

Directs the crew and perform manual and machine operator tasks related to the set-up, maintenance and operations of the press, Responsible for the quantitative and qualitative press performance.

Daily Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Makes ready and operates offset printing press
• Examines job order to determine quantity to be Printed, stock specifications, colors and special printing instructions
• Examines offset printing plate for visual defects and applies correcting solution to repair minor defects or informs supervisor of unrepairable plates
• Applies packing sheet to blanket cylinder to build up blanket thickness to diameter of plate cylinder
• Measures paper thickness and adjusts space between blanket and impression cylinders according to thickness of paper stock
• Adjusts controls to regulate flow of ink and dampening solution to plate cylinder
• Starts press, examines printed copy for ink density, position on paper and registration and makes adjustments to press throughout production run to maintain specific registration and color density
• Makes adjustments to feeder and delivery mechanism
• Removes and replaces worn rollers and adjusts pressure between rollers of press, using hand tools
• Leads, gives directions to, trains, and monitors work of press crew
• Performs job duties in accordance with company safety rules
• Performs proper and required maintenance as well as cleaning of press.
• Performs other duties as assigned

* Training is not provided *

Essential Functions:

Duties and responsibilities noted with an asterisk (*) are considered to be the essential functions of the job position.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

• 5-7 years Second Pressman experience;
• In depth knowledge of the mechanics and capabilities of press;
• Able to accurately distinguish color variation;
• Mechanical aptitude;
• Requires experience running, troubleshooting and quality control.
• Ability to understand written instructions and set-up the press and carry out instructions;
• Frequent lifting, bending and turning.