Occupational Employment Statistics
51-5112 Printing Press Operators
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
Northwest Minnesota
| 280 | 32 | $22.43/hr | $17.46/hr | $17.83/hr | $22.20/hr | $24.80/hr | $30.02/hr |
Manufacturing | 3,450 | $24.36/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 230 | $22.90/hr |
Information | 330 | $23.77/hr |
Financial Activities | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | 760 | $22.35/hr |
Education and Health Services | N/A | N/A |
Public Administration | 10 | $29.44/hr |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,330 | $27.58/hr | 1.9% |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,950 | $27.26/hr | -5.6% |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,490 | $24.04/hr | -4.0% |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 140 | $23.85/hr | N/A |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 5,570 | $24.90/hr | -3.5% |
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| N/A | $25.08/hr | 1.4% |
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
| 60 | $25.27/hr | -9.1% |
Semiconductor Processing Technicians
| 340 | $22.80/hr | 14.6% |
Print Binding and Finishing Workers
| 1,860 | $23.31/hr | -8.9% |
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
| N/A | $27.11/hr | 2.6% |
- Monitor environmental factors, such as humidity and temperature, that may impact equipment performance and make necessary adjustments.
- Collect and inspect random samples during print runs to identify any necessary adjustments.
- Start presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration.
- Download or scan files to be printed, using printing production software.
- Clean ink fountains, plates, or printing unit cylinders when press runs are completed.
- Monitor automated press operation systems and respond to fault, error, or alert messages.
- Secure printing plates to printing units and adjust tolerances.
- Direct or monitor work of press crews.
- Maintain time or production records.
- Download or scan files to be printed, using printing production software.