Keeping the presses rolling for all kinds of printed materials needed by a wide range of customers.

Why is this skill important?

Print Media Technology involves the production of printed material using sheet-fed offset and digital printing presses. They need to use other equipment to create finished printed products. The print media technician is involved with all aspects of the printing process from the initial planning and preparation, through to the print run, checking for consistent quality in the final product, to cleaning up after the print run is complete.

The technician most often works in a printing or publishing business, and needs to have a deep knowledge of how to handle, troubleshoot, and maintain printing factors such as ink types, custom colour mixing, paper properties, and complex printing, trimming/cutting and quality control equipment.

The technician continuously demonstrates expertise and exercises technical and creative decisions throughout an often long but always exciting evolution from concept to completion.

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