Print Applications & Color Systems Specialist

MOO group; East Providence (RI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days vacation

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and AD&D insurance

401(k) with company match

Dog-friendly office

Free lunches

Job summary

MOO in East Providence, RI is seeking a Print Applications Specialist to own the press front ends, DFEs and RIPs, ensure color accuracy, and manage data flow between manufacturing systems and the floor.

You will train operators, write SOPs, bring new presses into production, and diagnose intermittent issues on presses, with collaboration across prepress, manufacturing, quality and customer service.

Qualifications

• PDF knowledge at the file level, not just the page level: boxes, color spaces, layers, spot colors, separations, and what actually changes when a file is preflighted or imposed - and how a press sheet is built from it
• DFE and RIP literacy: what a front end actually does to a job between submission and the press, and how its settings interact with color management - this is the core of the role
• Hands‑on color management experience: you’ve calibrated presses, built or installed ICC profiles, and used measurement to hold color to a standard – and you know how a setting on the front end changes what lands on paper
• Prepress fundamentals: preflight, imposition, and the relationship between artwork, sheet layout and finishing
• Hands‑on comfort with machines: running a structured physical test on a press or finishing unit and recording what actually happened rather than what was expected
• Methodical debugging of intermittent problems, and the discipline to confirm a cause rather than accept a plausible one
• The ability to teach, and to work with people who are not technical and take them seriously - training an operator on an interface is part of this job, not an interruption to it

Responsibilities

• Configure and support the press front ends across our estate - HP Indigo, Konica Minolta, Fiery, Caldera, ONYX and more - including press-side media setup
• Implement and hold our color standards on the machines: calibration, ICC profiles, media fingerprints
• Own job submission and machine data - JDF/JMF job tickets, status callbacks, and working out why a press and its data disagree
• Design and maintain the hot folder architecture across our output paths
• Train and support the people using these systems, and write the SOPs so anyone can run them
• Back up our Prepress Technician when a workflow needs more than configuration
• Bring new presses and equipment into production, running the physical testing behind EVT, DVT and PVT
• Work hands‑on across the wider production floor: wide format printing and cutting, screen printing, laser etching, hot foil stamping, merchandise customization, and finishing equipment - folding, embellishment, round cornering, rotary die cutting and more
• Find and fix the recurring problems nobody owns, making them measurable instead of anecdotal

Skills

PDF knowledge

DFE RIP literacy

Color management

Prepress fundamentals

Hands-on equipment

Debugging

Training others

Tools

JDF/JMF

Enfocus Switch

PitStop

Job description

MOO in East Providence, RI is seeking a Print Applications Specialist to own the press front ends, DFEs and RIPs, ensure color accuracy, and manage data flow between manufacturing systems and the floor.

You will train operators, write SOPs, bring new presses into production, and diagnose intermittent issues on presses, with collaboration across prepress, manufacturing, quality and customer service.