Catherine G. Larrabee

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Street N, #**0

Clearwater, FL 33764 • 727-***-****

adwf72@r.postjobfree.com

Education:

A.A.S.—Advertising Design and Production; MVCC, Utica, NY—1978 Certificate—Troubleshooting, Maintaining and Upgrading PCs—CompuMaster, Utica, NY Lotus Notes—Notes 4.5 System Administration and Technical User Training—LSI, Rochester, NY Photoshop Workshops—RIT, Rochester, NY

Experience:

July 2016–Present: Pre-press Technician/Graphic Production Gulf Coast Imprinting 2050 Tall Pines Dr., Suite A, Largo, FL 33771

—I am responsible for taking our client’s electronic files and troubleshoot and correct their files, if needed, so they can go DTP correctly. I plate all jobs and process the plates in a traditional chemical processor.

—I check for spot color separations, bleeds, transparency issues, fonts, RGB images as well as the resolution of images that are supplied.

—Using Sign Cut Pro, I work with the screen printer, and cut out the Lawn Signs we produce. Sizes vary, usually 24” x 18”. I create the signs in Adobe Illustrator, and convert the file into vector art for cutting.

—I maintain the department’s equipment’s maintenance, and ordering of all supplies.

—When needed, I design artwork for customers utilizing Adobe Creative Suite.

—Preflighting is done with Enfocus Pitstop.

—I run the ColorMax7 Digital Envelope Printer, and perform color corrections prior to running the job in Photoshop.

—Proofread as needed.

April 2010–October 2015: Proofreader

HIT Promotional Products, Inc. 7150 Bryan Dairy Rd., Largo, FL 34647

—I started proofreading in the Art Dept., proofreading the artwork our artists created, against the customer’s hard copy, or art provided by our customer. Their art has to be manipulated to print legibly. It is the proofreader’s job to mark the thin lines, opening up of small gaps, marking of misspelled words, etc. for the artist to fix the electronic file, prior to production.

—By using the AS400, I retrieve the customer’s purchase order, and assure the correct item, color and quantity are on our order traveler.

— Depending on the method of printing, silk screen or pad, the film was checked for proper emulsion (up or down), density, scratches, etc.

—4-color artwork was done as heat transfer, and I checked for registration of color, proper PMS colors, and emulsion.

—For the past year and a half, I am the sole proofreader in their Embroidery Dept., where in addition to the above responsibilities, I read the artwork of our digitizers and mark for quality control, what needs to be enlarged, fixed, opened up for the order to sew legibly.

—I do all the picture product proofs (over 3,000), and Email them to the customer, and also send an email to the customer service representative with the stitch count and size of the embroidered art.

—I am in charge of sending all E-proofs to our customers, and approvals are sent via our own in-house software to my manager and her assistant.

August 2006–March 2008: Electronic Prepress Technician Beck Graphics, Inc., 1067 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater, FL 33765

—I was responsible for taking our client’s electronic files and troubleshoot and correct their files, if needed, so they can go to press correctly.

—I checked for spot color separations, bleeds, transparency issues, fonts, RGB images as well as the resolution of images that are supplied.

—I created and designed per customers specifications, artwork for Brochures, Letterheads, Business Cards, Post Cards, Etc.

—My work was always proofread by another associate, and then a proof is sent either by Fax or E-mail for approval. Once the proof is approved, I then bring the PDF file into our Screen TruFlow System, and I print out a signature proof from our Epson printer, for the customer to sign off on the layout as well as the color. Once approved, I then output the plates utilizing our Dart 4300 Platesetter.

—I was responsible for all the maintenance of the equipment and upgrades. I ordered all consumables for all the equipment in my department. I did the weekly backup and archives of all our files, and have the backup on an external drive which is taken home and out of our building in case of a casualty.

—I answered the phones when needed, and had excellent communication with all of our customers. November 2002–September 2005: Electronic Prepress Technician Vicks Lithograph and Printing, Book Publishers, P.O. Box 270, Yorkville, NY 13495

—I was responsible for taking our client’s electronic files and essentially create the 1-bit TIFF files for our Creo CTP Platesetter.

—Upon receiving the files, I would pre-flight the files to check for RGB, or missing fonts, or images. I would check for overprints, knockouts, color breaks (spot or process), pagination and trapping. I’d make the necessary adjustments in color and size if needed.

—We printed mostly books and in doing so, I would check the spine size and adjust according to the number of pages and stock being used (PPI). Often it requires re-building the book cover and adjusting images to fit in the allocated spine for perfect bound books.

—I have complete working knowledge of Color, Trapping, Forms, Signatures, Press Layout Configurations and Binding Requirements needed to produce our books.

Software Used

—I worked with both Macintosh and PC platforms. All current software is used, including all Adobe software, Quark XPress, Enfocus Pitstop, Corel Draw, Flight Check, all Apogee software

(Pilot, Print Drive and Job Ticket Editor).

—Job Ticket Editor: This allowed us to build the job with Press Templates and Signatures that we create and modify using Scenic Soft Preps 4.7 software. Once built, the JTE file is sent over to Print Drive, and then soft proofed, and sent to one of our 3 proofing systems—Sherpa 2, Sherpa 43 or the ImpoProofer

(Canon Image Prograf W7200 and Print Manager); Xerox Document Scan and Make-ready. Equipment Used

—Creo Trendsetter, Scitex Smart 342 Flatbed Scanner, Agfa Avantra 44 Film Imagesetter, Agfa Sherpa 2 & Sherpa 43 Color Proofers, Impo Proof (Canon ImagePrograf W7200) for Book Proofs; Xerox DigiPath Scanner 2000.

March 1999–August 2002: Sr. Graphic Designer/Web Coordinator/MIS Northern Safety Co., Inc., 232 Industrial Park Drive, Frankfort, NY 13340 Catalog Design

—I worked within a team environment, to design our national wholesale catalog of Industrial Supplies and Equipment. Designed pages of new products based on space allocations, provided by our in-house product development team. Attended all new product submissions and in-house product training for use in catalog design Web Coordinator/E-Commerce

—Performed extensive research for our b2b on-line ordering website—search engines, marketing of our site; researched competitors sites; subscribed to numerous e-newsletters via e-mail, relating to b2b and design, techniques and education.

—Worked with a local company to program our website using XML and Cold Fusion.

—I executed all the testing of code on a test site prior to loading onto the live e-commerce site.

—I assisted in the design and implementation of our splash page on the Thomas Register

(www.northernsafety.com and www.thomasregister.com)

—Worked with the director of photography, and copywriters, and assisted in the conversion of over 20,000 images to JPEG format and the conversion of text files from QuarkXPress to HTML format, with Dreamweaver software.

—Have traveled to Florida to attend specialized training in Smith-Gardner’s proprietary b2b software–Ecometry-on- Line (MACS).

MIS

—Ordered, configured and installed all software, and hardware for all Macintosh computers in our Advertising Dept., to be used on our TCP/IP LAN connection, as well as configure all Internet and Intranet mail connections.

—Provided all end-user support/troubleshooting in Macintosh environment February 1992–March, 1999: Manager of Information Services (MIS) Trainor Associates, Inc., 135 Oxford Road, New Hartford, NY 13413 Networking Skills

—Thorough working knowledge of Novell 4.1 Netware

—Configuration of cross-platform computers to interface with Client/File Server, Lotus Notes and all server-based peripherals.

—Managed server volumes and user groups and rights.

—Monitored daily backup of all servers, utilizing Cheyenne’s ArcServe software.

—Set-up individual TCP/IP accounts on all computers for the internet utilizing a direct fiber-optic line to a local Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Lotus Notes/Database Management

—Implemented and deployed current in-house Notes mail server.

—Registered and created all users, servers and safe IDs.

—Installed and configured all desktop client software.

—Oversaw scheduling of mail routing and replication of databases.

—Created and managed ACL rights to all databases.

—Developed customized e-mail group databases at server level.

—Instructed and trained all end-users of proper use of application.

—Member of Lotus Notes Team in the deployment of customized databases created by an outsourced programmer. Help Desk/Technical Support

—Analyzed and troubleshot hardware/software conflicts for home office and via phone for 5 remote offices.

—Provided end-user training on all application software for Windows 95 and Mac OS 7.5-8.01.

—Proficient use of administrative, production and all graphic arts-related applications, including: Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes 4.1–4.5, Filemaker Pro 4.0, Marketing Resources’ Adman Accounting 4.0, Shiva Dial-in/Dial-out, Automobile-related software—Regis R.L. Polk, and Chrome Data Corporation’s PC Carbook, QuarkXPress Version 3x–4.0, Adobe Software, and all Graphic Arts Software and Utilities. Hardware/Software Related

—I analyzed, researched, recommended and purchased all hardware and software utilized in the Agency.

—Installed, tested and registered all hardware and software.

—Set-up and configured all remote users to connect to our LAN either by Apple Remote Access or Shiva Dial-in software.

—Provided cost-analysis and cost-justification for all purchases of digital equipment or outsourcing of services.

—Purchased all consumables for the Agency.

—Maintained meticulous inventory of all purchases, registrations and warranties, including an individual log of each PC.

—Possess excellent communication with clients/vendors for sales, support and service. Graphic Artist/Sr. Typographer

—Designed and created electronically, all print media—newsprint ads, brochures, etc.

—Provided accurate proofreading of documents created by the Agency.

—Created traditional mechanical boards, with halftones, color breaks, overlays.

—Attended weekly status meetings, and input due dates, stage of job (i.e., in proofing, at printer, out for client approval, etc.) into the Adman software, which could be accessed via the Network, by the traffic coordinator. Daily production lists were given to all employees to update and return to me, and I would then update the schedules accordingly.

—Electronically developed all in-house forms/templates using Microsoft Office.

—Did camera work (PMTs, Halftones) traditionally using an Agfa digital vertical process camera.

—Participated in all production phases of PowerPoint Presentations for prospective new clients: typesetting, proofreading, copying, collating and binding for the handouts of the projected presentation. Hobbies:

Internet, Technology, Computers, and I’m a longtime Elvis fan!

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