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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates machine to emboss and imprint designs, lettering, numbers, or product information onto surfaces of material, such as paper, cloth, leather, or plastic, using foil, gold-leaf, coated ribbon, or plastic tape, following specifications: Receives verbal instructions, reads work order sheet, or inserts disk in drive of computer and depresses keys to retrieve job order slip with printing instructions on computer screen. Sets heat, pressure, and time controls, according to material to be stamped. Installs and locks character wheel, embossing die, or stamping die in heated chase of machine. Turns on heating element. Inserts reel of specified material, such as foil, gold-leaf, coated ribbon, or plastic tape in holder or on spindle, and threads end through rollers which feed and guide material under die mounted on ram of machine or places sheet of foil over impression. Positions and aligns workpiece under holding arm in bed of hand fed machine or feed hopper of automatically fed machine in position specified on work order or in illuminated window on computerized machine. Starts machine which lowers ram to heated die or character wheel and ribbon to emboss and imprint workpiece and automatically moves coated ribbon with each stroke of machine. May operate machine to imprint trade names, brand, and grade onto leather sweatbands and be designated Sweatband Printer (hat & cap). When printing titles and designs on book covers, is designated Embosser (print. & pub.). When imprinting identifying information on battery lids or encasements, is designated Embossing-Press Operator (elec. equip.). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 45 54 54 45 52 49 4E 47 2D 4D 41 43 48 49 4E 45 4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01000101 01010100 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 00101101 01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L E T T E R I N G - M A C H I N E   O P E R A T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0045 0054 0054 0045 0052 0049 004E 0047 002D 004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 004E 0045 004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)463954543952434841154735374243483924950395235544952 |
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