Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.

“Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.” is a core task performed by Prepress Technicians and Workers. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 23rd by importance (#3 most important). About 91% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Program computer systems or production equipment. in Working with Computers

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.013% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 50% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 2.9 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 93% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece. · importance 4.7
• Proofread and perform quality control of text and images. · importance 4.7
• Perform "preflight" check of required font, graphic, text and image files to ensure completeness prior to delivery to printer. · importance 4.5
• Operate and maintain laser plate-making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without the use of film. · importance 4.5
• Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer-aided equipment. · importance 4.4
• Operate presses to print proofs of plates, monitoring printing quality to ensure that it is adequate. · importance 4.4
• Select proper types of plates according to press run lengths. · importance 4.4
• Examine finished plates to detect flaws, verify conformity with master plates, and measure dot sizes and centers, using light boxes and microscopes. · importance 4.3
• Examine unexposed photographic plates to detect flaws or foreign particles prior to printing. · importance 4.2
• Examine photographic images for obvious imperfections prior to plate making. · importance 4.0
• Maintain, adjust, and clean equipment, and perform minor repairs. · importance 4.0
• Scale copy for reductions and enlargements, using proportion wheels. · importance 3.9
• Analyze originals to evaluate color density, gradation highlights, middle tones, and shadows, using densitometers and knowledge of light and color. · importance 3.7
• Set scanners to specific color densities, sizes, screen rulings, and exposure adjustments, using scanner keyboards or computers. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Prepress Technicians and Workers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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