ESKO Prepress Technician Level 3

Summary & Responsibilities

• File Preparation: Review, trap, and manipulate customer digital artwork to meet specific flexographic and digital printing requirements.
• G7 Color Correction: Implement G7 colorimetric methodologies to ensure precise tonality and gray balance. Adjust tone reproduction curves to match standardized target print specifications.
• Press Fingerprinting & Characterization: Evaluate printed flexographic press fingerprint test charts. Analyze ink density, dot gain (TVI), and minimum dot breakout to establish exact baseline printing conditions.
• ESKO Color Profile Mapping: Map, build, and maintain centralized ICC and device profiles within ESKO Color Pilot / Color Engine. Configure custom color strategies to accurately map spot colors and process builds across varying substrates and press types.
• HP Digital Workflow Management: Configure jobs utilizing ESKO AE for HP Indigo. Preflight and analyze spot-to-CMYK conversions to optimize LAB match to Pantone LIVE. Coordinate digital variable data printing (VDP) assets.
• Epson Proofer Calibration: Calibrate and profile Epson contract proofing devices using ESKO Pack Proof or Color Engine. Perform regular spectrophotometer linearization and media checks to verify color-accurate contract proofs.
• Step and Repeat Automation: Build efficient layouts using ESKO's automated step-and-repeat tools, integrating required distortion factors and cylinder metadata.
• Assist manager, supervisor and administrator as needed with customer conference calls.
• Follow established procedures, quality control steps and complete all required documentation.
• Provide backup to Administrator for QA of LEN files.
• Maintain consistent communications of project details and scheduled job status with graphics supervisor and administrator.
• Maintain electronic file hierarchy and production file integrity.
• Maintain a courteous and professional atmosphere.
• Responsible for compliance with all regulatory, facility food safety, and quality policies and procedures including product safety (GMPs) policies and procedures.
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  Qualifications & Physical Requirments

  
  Qualifications and Skills:
  Education: BS in Graphic Design or related field preferred
  Experience: Minimum 5-7 years of color separation / job engineering experience in flexographic and digital flexible packaging / label manufacturing.
  Software Expertise: Advanced proficiency in ESKO software suite (Automation Engine, ArtPro+, Color Engine, Pack Proof) and Adobe Creative Suite.
  Crystal Platemaking Workflow: Experience is a plus.
  Proofing Accuracy: Proven experience using spectrophotometers (e.g., X-Rite) for press matching and color verification.
  Technical Knowledge: Strong understanding of ICC profiling, delta-E tolerances, UV LED plate exposure mechanics, and Digital Front End (DFE) architectures.
  Advanced Color Evaluation: Proven experience using spectrophotometers (e.g., X-Rite) to read color targets, audit ink profiles, and diagnose press shift issues.
  Problem Solving: Ability to catch structural, font, or color gaps in complex multi-layer customer artwork prior to imaging.
  Color Management Certifications: Idealliance G7 Professional or G7 Expert certification is highly preferred.
  Physical Requirements:
  Prolonged periods sitting or standing at a high-resolution graphics workstation.
  Ability to pass a standard Munsell Hue/color blindness test.
  Occasional handling and inspection of physical flexo plates and contract proofs
  
  
  

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