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Resume:
Kojo intsiful
Downers Grove, IL *********************@***********.***
Work Experience
Lead Pressman
Printing Arts - Broadview, IL November 2022 to March 2023 Lead operator for a 8 color foiler Man Roland press Set schedules for staff and set work flow, from file intake to product going out the door for daily program.
Order supplies and maintained inventory needed to complete jobs, (paper, boxes, and toner) an schedule maintenance of the equipment.
Managed customers orders off of a custom web portal, to generate delivery receipts to multiple outlets an track the total product produced for billing. Handled files and communication with outside vendors Turn, push or move controls to set and adjust speed, temperature, ink flow, and position and pressure tolerances of press.
Select and install printing, metal and mega plates, rollers and cylinders in machine according to specifications, using hand tools.
Aligns press head and ink colors; perform adjustments and monitors projects for quality. Load, position and adjust unprinted materials on holding fixture or in loading and feeding mechanisms of press.
Review work order to determine ink, stock and equipment needed for production. Discard or correct misprinted materials, using ink eradicators or solvents. Dismantle and reassemble printing unit or parts, using hand and power tools, to repair, maintain or adjust machine.
Clean and lubricate printing machine and components using oil, solvents, brushes, rags and hoses
Pressman
Valid USA - Bolingbrook, IL September 2016 to October 2022 Lead Operator for a 6 color press
Responsible for preparing, maintaining and operating printing presses Responsible for gravure, offset lithography, flexography, digital and letter press. Prepare the printing presses to get print by installing and adjusting the printing plate, inking the presses, adjusting pressure, loading the paper and by adjusting the press to proper dimensions of the paper.
Responsible for proper adjustment according to ink distribution, temperature and speed. Observe and make sure that the paper feeds were stocked plentifully. Troubleshoot problems to eliminate excessive downtime. Responsible for maintaining, cleaning and performed minor repairs as needed. Responsible for other duties as assigned. Prepared, operated, and maintained the printing presses.
Offset lithography, gravure, flexography, letterpress, and digital. Offset lithography, which transferred an inked impression from a rubber-covered cylinder to paper.
Prepared the presses to print by installing and adjusting the printing plate, adjusting pressure, inking the presses, loading the paper, and adjusting the press to the proper dimensions of the paper.
Checked to make sure paper and ink meet the required specs, and made adjustment to the margins and the flow of ink to the inking rollers as needed. Sent the material through the press cylinders, adjusting the feed and tension settings as necessary.
Watched the presses and ensured that paper feeds were stocked abundantly. Made appropriate adjustment when issues with ink distribution, speed, and temperatures in the drying chamber occurred.
Fixed problem such as paper jam as quickly as possible to avoid excessive downtime Education
Associate's degree in Graphic Design
College of DuPage - Glen Ellyn, IL January 2012 to August 2016 Skills
Graphic design
Adobe Creative Suite
Layout design
Typography
Manufacturing
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