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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Columbus, Ohio Area

My responsibilities:Work with the large format team to create a demo center for our new line of Mimaki printers, plotters, cutters and laminators.Install and train customers on printers, rips, laminators and cutters along with current methods of production.Support our sales team on our equipment and substrates for various applications.Work closely with sales and clients for technical support, new products and ideas.This is a position and will be continually growing and changing.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Whitehall Ohio

Schedule work to meet production and customer needsOversee and work to improve operator skills, quality control, cross training, software and equipment upgrades and many morePrepare graphics files for various output devices and special requirements from POP to vehicle graphics, billboard, building, stadium applications, color matching and more2010 to May 2011Grand Format

Train and operate various digital output devicesMaintain scheduling of all digital workTroubleshoot files and repair equipmentProvide training and support to employees 1996 to 2010 Marketing Services by Vectra; Oversee/Lead 18+ employeesRun various digital output devicesAnalyze Budget vs Actual of job cost Maintain scheduling of all digital workTroubleshoot files and repair equipmentProvide training and support to employees Research and purchase equipmentR&D equipment and materials available Areas of Experience Over 25 years printing and more than 9 years digital printingEfficient in Quark, CS5.5 Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, and various programs including variable dataPurchase, install equipment and software.Knowledge in various rip programs including Esko Suite 10, Creo/Kodak Brisque, Caldera, Colorburst, Onyx and various other rips30 years experience in conventional stripping, digital file assembly, imposition and plate outputEquipment ExperienceKongsberg XP cutter with i-Cut softwareVutek QS3200 and GS3200 UV printersHP Corjet FB6700,HP XL1500, HP UV Turbojet 8500, HP Turbojet 8300 Digital Printer: HP 6100Z, Mimaki CJV 30/160 & Epson 5500/9800/1000Orca Laminator with multiple materialsFuji, Kodak & Creo plating /output devicesFilm output devices

Current operate large digital printers, assist department manager in overseeing daily operations and all prepress responsibilities from design to output of plates for conventional printing.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Prepress Stripper and prepress supervisor

Schedule work, manage and train employees in the old school prepress way of stripping and proofing for client approval.

Printing, Graphics Communications

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