Prepress Reprographics Technician - PDF & RIP

SMP Group; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits package

Investment in technology and people

Learning and development opportunities

Dynamic, fast-paced environment

Job summary

SMP Group Plc is seeking a technically focused prepress professional to check, prepare, and process customer-supplied PDF artwork for commercial print production.

You'll work within a high-volume, deadline-driven environment, performing preflight checks, adjusting artwork dimensions, color settings, and imposition using Agfa Apogee/Asanti and Caldera RIP systems to ensure files meet production specs.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial reprographics, prepress or print production studio.
• Strong knowledge of PDF preflight, file correction and print-ready artwork specifications.
• Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
• Experience using professional prepress workflow or RIP systems, with a strong understanding of their role in print production.
• Practical experience of imposition, press layout and production planning.
• Thorough understanding of image resolution, colour spaces, spot colours, overprint, transparency and bleed.
• Experience preparing artwork for large-format digital or other commercial print processes.
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot technical artwork and production problems.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to quality control.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect and process customer-supplied print-ready PDF artwork.
• Perform detailed technical preflight checks to identify potential issues affecting print production.
• Check artwork for correct dimensions, resolution, bleed, colour spaces, spot colours, overprint settings, transparency and other relevant technical specifications.
• Resize, scale and adapt supplied PDFs to meet specific production requirements.
• Make appropriate technical corrections while preserving the integrity of the original design.
• Identify non-compliant artwork and communicate issues requiring customer clarification or replacement files.
• Ensure all artwork meets the technical requirements of the intended print process.
• Apply an understanding of colour management, ICC profiles, CMYK conversion and spot-colour handling.

Skills

Attention to detail

Quality control

Problem-solving

Time management

Communication skills

Independent working

Tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

PDF preflight

Prepress workflow

RIP systems

Imposition & layout

Caldera RIP

AGFA Apogee/Asanti

Job description

SMP Group Plc is seeking a technically focused prepress professional to check, prepare, and process customer-supplied PDF artwork for commercial print production.

You'll work within a high-volume, deadline-driven environment, performing preflight checks, adjusting artwork dimensions, color settings, and imposition using Agfa Apogee/Asanti and Caldera RIP systems to ensure files meet production specs.