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Career Details :: Scanner Operators
Description
Operate electronic or computerized scanning equipment to produce and screen film separations of photographs or art for use in producing lithographic printing plates. Evaluate and correct for deficiencies in the film.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Inspects developed film for specified results and quality and forwards acceptable negatives or positives to other workers or customer.
- Positions color transparency, negative, or reflection copy on scanning drum and mounts drum and head on scanner.
- Analyzes original to evaluate color density, gradation highlights, middle tones, and shadows, using densitometer and knowledge of light and color.
- Types on scanner keyboard or touches mouse to symbols on scanner video display unit to input software, or moves controls to set scanner to specific color density, size, screen ruling, and exposure adjustments.
- Loads film into holder, places holder in exposing chamber, and starts mechanism that loads and secures film on scanner drum.
- Unloads exposed film from scanner and places film in automatic processor to develop image on film.
- Performs tests to determine exposure adjustments on scanner and adjusts scanner controls until specified results are obtained.
- Activates scanner to produce positive or negative films for each primary color and black in original copy.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Interacting With Computers
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Electronic Publishing/Imaging |  [ add ] |
| Graphic Arts Technology | [ add ] |
| Graphic Communications Management | [ add ] |
| Graphic Communications Technology | [ add ] |
| Graphics Technology | [ add ] |
| Printing | [ add ] |
| Printing Management | [ add ] |
| Printing Technology | [ add ] |
| Printing/Applied Computer Science | [ add ] |
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