Paste-Up Workers

Arrange and mount typeset material and illustrations into pasteup for printing reproduction, based on artist's or editor's layout.

Job Task

• Measures and marks board according to layout to indicate position of artwork, typeset copy, page edges, folds, and colors.
• Cuts typeset copy and artwork to size, applies adhesive, and aligns artwork and typeset copy on board, following position marks.
• Compares measurements, using ruler and proportion wheel, to determine proportions needed to make reduced or enlarged photographic prints for pasteup.
• Operates electronic plotter to draw artwork positions on pasteup.
• Applies masking film to artwork layout space on overlay to create clear space on negative for subsequent addition of artwork.
• Makes negatives or prints of artwork, using photographic equipment, to prepare artwork for pasteup.
• Covers photographs and artwork with tissue or tracing paper for protection.
• Writes specifications on tracing paper to provide information for other workers.
• Draws functional and decorative borders around layout, using marking and measuring instruments.
• Removes excess adhesive from board, using scissors, artist's knife, and drafting instruments.
• Indicates crop marks and enlargement or reduction measurements on photographs with grease pencil to facilitate processing.
• Operates phototypesetter to prepare typeset copy for pasteup.
• Tapes transparent plastic overlay to board and positions and applies copy to plastic.
• Measures artwork and layout space of artwork on pasteup.

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