Brenda Barnes
Cell # 817-***-****
**********@*****.***
Career Overview
Detail-oriented EPP Technician with a consistent work history in printing, and an extensive knowledge of
conventional and digital prepress procedures.
Technical Skills
• Prinergy
• File Maker Pro
• Preps template
• Microsoft Excel
• Acrobat Preflight
• Plate Production Utility
Work Experience
Williamson and Dickies - Ft Worth, Texas March 17, 2014 to
Sewing Machine Operator/ Seamstress
Prepare clothing for zippers, snaps, reflective tape, pencil pockets, tool pockets, name tags, labels, buttons and
button holes.
Measure and cut material to Customer specified patterns.
Operate various sewing machines, (button and buttonhole machines, serger, twin needle reflective tape sewing
machines and snap punch machines).
Inspect, fold and pack clothing for shipment.
Vertis Communications / Quad Graphics - Dallas, Texas October 3, 2002 to May 31 2013
EPP Technician
Preflight customer files.
Troubleshoot files for any inconsistencies.
Prepare files for automation.
Create and modify templates.
Refine files into Prinergy.
Assign pages and Impositions.
Set geometry.
Create VPS proofs.
Enter information into PPU (Plate Production Utilities).
Perform quality control and proofreading procedures.
Check for correct page assignment, knock outs, bleeds, size, marks, customer codes and color bars.
Make sure that all procedures were followed before jobs are released for print.
Export jobs to be plated.
Motheral Printing - Ft Worth, Texas October 1, 1993 to March 31, 2000
Proofer/Plate Maker/ Quality Control
Imaged and processed conventional and digital plates.
Created conventional and digital bluelines, match prints and color keys.
Maintained and replenished processors.
Performed 4 color stripping.
Inspect plates for defects and inconsistencies before sending to printing press.