How do they match: Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

  • Print Developer
  • Print Finisher
  • Print Machine Operator
  • Print Retoucher
  • Printed Circuit Board Panels Developer
  • Printed Circuit Boards Contact Printer
  • Printer
  • Automatic Print Developer
  • Black and White Printer Operator
  • Color Printer Operator
  • Computer-Controlled Color Photograph Printer Operator
  • Copy and Print Associate
  • Digital Printer Operator
  • Digital Photo Printer
  • Film Printer
  • Motion Picture Printer
  • Photo Print Specialist
  • Photo Printer
  • Photograph Printer
  • Photographic Printer
  • Projection Printer
  • Rectification Printer

  • Perform work involved in developing and processing photographic images from film or digital media. May perform precision tasks such as editing photographic negatives and prints.

  • Create prints according to customer specifications and laboratory protocols.
  • Dry prints or negatives using sponges, squeegees, mechanical air dryers, or drying cabinets.
  • Examine developed prints for defects, such as broken lines, spots, or blurs.
  • Examine drawings, negatives, or photographic prints to determine coloring, shading, accenting, or other changes required for retouching or restoration.
  • Immerse film, negatives, paper, or prints in developing solutions, fixing solutions, and water to complete photographic development processes.
  • Insert processed negatives and prints into envelopes for delivery to customers.
  • Load circuit boards, racks or rolls of film, negatives, or printing paper into processing or printing machines.
  • Operate machines to prepare circuit boards and to expose, develop, etch, fix, wash, dry, or print film or plates.
  • Operate scanners or related computer equipment to digitize negatives, photographic prints, or other images.
  • Place sensitized paper in frames of projection printers, photostats, or other reproduction machines.
  • Produce timed prints with separate densities or color settings for each scene of a production.
  • Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects.
  • Select digital images for printing, specify number of images to be printed, and direct to printer, using computer software.
  • Set automatic timers, lens openings, and printer carriages to specified focus and exposure times and start exposure to duplicate originals, photographs, or negatives.

  • Apply decorative coloring to photographs or printed materials.
  • Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
  • Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.