Prepress & Reprographics Technician

SMP Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

SMP Group Plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive prepress specialist to check, prepare and process customer-supplied print-ready PDF artwork for commercial production. The role involves imposition and layout using Agfa Apogee, Agfa Asanti and Caldera RIP systems, ensuring accuracy while preserving the original design.

Working in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment, you will focus on technical reprographics rather than creative design, applying colour management and production

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial reprographics, prepress or print production studio.
• Strong knowledge of PDF preflight, file correction and print-ready artwork specs.
• Proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.

Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect and process customer-supplied print-ready PDF artwork.
• Perform detailed technical preflight checks impacting print production.
• Check artwork for dimensions, resolution, bleed, colour spaces and overprint.
• Resize, scale and adapt PDFs to meet production requirements.
• Make technical corrections while preserving original design integrity.
• Identify non-compliant artwork and request clarifications or replacements.
• Ensure artwork meets the technical requirements of the print process.
• Apply colour management knowledge including ICC profiles and CMYK conversion.

Skills

Adobe Acrobat Pro

PDF preflight

Quality control

Deadline driven

Technical reprographics

Tools

Agfa Apogee

Agfa Asanti

Caldera RIP

Imposition

RIP systems

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Job description

SMP Group Plc in the United Kingdom is seeking a proactive prepress specialist to check, prepare and process customer-supplied print-ready PDF artwork for commercial production. The role involves imposition and layout using Agfa Apogee, Agfa Asanti and Caldera RIP systems, ensuring accuracy while preserving the original design.

Working in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment, you will focus on technical reprographics rather than creative design, applying colour management and production