Engravers, Hand

Engrave designs and identifying information onto rollers or plates used in printing.

Job Task

• Refers to sketch to ensure that lines of only one printing color are engraved into each roller.
• Glues rubber or linoleum pattern to wood block.
• Punches holes in plate to fasten plate to press, using hand tools.
• Inspects designs for defective engraving and re-engraves to meet specifications.
• Presses sketch on copper printing roller to produce impression of design.
• Traces pattern of design and letters in reverse on linoleum or two-or three-ply rubber, using ruler, pencil, drawing instruments, or cutting tools.
• Cuts strip of engraving gum (two- or three-ply rubber, cemented to cloth backing) using knife.
• Prepares additional rubber plates for jobs requiring colors by omitting different portions of design or lettering on each plate.
• Cuts grooves of specified depth and uniformity into printing roller following lines of design impression.
• Cuts around drawn pattern leaving raised design or letters, using cutting tools.

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