Prepress & PDF Workflow Technician (RIP Systems)

Smp Group Plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Tech-driven environment

Career development

Job summary

SMP Group Plc in London is seeking a technically minded Prepress & Reprographics Specialist to check, prepare and correct customer-supplied PDF artwork for commercial print production. The role emphasizes technical repro and imposition rather than creative design.

You will work with Agfa Apogee, Agfa Asanti and Caldera RIP, performing preflight, colour management and ensuring artwork meets production specs under deadlines in a technology-driven manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial reprographics, prepress or print production.
• Proficient in PDF preflight, file correction and print-ready artwork specs.
• Strong knowledge of image resolution, colour spaces and bleed.
• Familiar with prepress workflows and RIP systems.

Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect and process customer-supplied print-ready PDF artwork.
• Perform detailed preflight checks to identify print production issues.
• Check artwork for dimensions, resolution, bleed, colour spaces and overprint settings.
• Resize, scale and adapt PDFs to meet production requirements.
• Make technical corrections while preserving original design integrity.
• Communicate issues requiring customer clarification or replacement files.
• Ensure artwork meets technical requirements of the print process.
• Apply colour management, ICC profiles and spot-colour handling.

Skills

Adobe Acrobat Pro

PDF workflows

Preflight checks

Imposition

Color management

RIP systems

Press layout

Production planning

Quality control

Communication

Tools

Agfa Apogee

Agfa Asanti

Caldera RIP

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

SMP Group Plc in London is seeking a technically minded Prepress & Reprographics Specialist to check, prepare and correct customer-supplied PDF artwork for commercial print production. The role emphasizes technical repro and imposition rather than creative design.

You will work with Agfa Apogee, Agfa Asanti and Caldera RIP, performing preflight, colour management and ensuring artwork meets production specs under deadlines in a technology-driven manufacturing environment.