Elements and Performance Criteria
- Confirm complex job specifications
- Set up delivery systems
- Select and prepare inks and additives
- Colour sequence for job is considered and confirmed
- Inks, dyes or additives are selected according to non-routine job specifications and end-user requirements
- Quality and suitability of inks, dyes or additives are checked and appropriate action is taken
- Inks, dyes and additives are prepared according to work health and safety (WHS) requirements, and manufacturer’s/supplier’s instructions, with suitable precautions to minimise waste
- Correct colour and weight/volume of ink is mixed and prepared to match requirements of the job specification and the non-routine printing process
- Formulation of ink, colour match and approved colour are appropriately recorded
- Inks, dyes and additives are appropriately labelled, handled and stored according to manufacturer’s/ supplier’s instructions to prevent damage and hazards to personnel and to prolong shelf life
- Set up machine for complex lithographic printing
- Plate cylinder is set up and adjusted according to job specifications
- Plates are correctly mounted according to machine specification and in a safe manner
- Blanket and blanket cylinder are set up and adjusted according to job specifications
- Impression cylinder is set up and adjusted according to job specifications
- Inking system is set up and adjusted according to the lithographic process and job specifications
- Dampening system is set up and adjusted according to job specifications
- Drying system is set up and adjusted according to job specifications
- Conduct proof run
- Material to be used for proof is organised correctly
- Machine is operated according to manufacturer’s and enterprise procedures to produce a specified proof
- Production does not commence without client approval or authority where appropriate
- Results are interpreted and adjustments are carried out according to product and machine specifications