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I'm a seasoned image editing and prepress professional with over 25 years of experience in print production, preflight, color correction, and plate workflow. I excel at delivering print-ready files on tight deadlines and collaborating with customer service, pressroom, and production teams to ensure high-quality results. I bring hands-on experience with Apogee, Prinect, Kodak Prinergy, and a broad Adobe Creative Suite toolset, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. I am passionate about image retouching, layout accuracy, and applying creative edits to elevate published pieces, with a collaborative, detail-oriented approach.…I'm a seasoned image editing and prepress professional with over 25 years of experience in print production, preflight, color correction, and plate workflow. I excel at delivering print-ready files on tight deadlines and collaborating with customer service, pressroom, and production teams to ensure high-quality results. I bring hands-on experience with Apogee, Prinect, Kodak Prinergy, and a broad Adobe Creative Suite toolset, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. I am passionate about image retouching, layout accuracy, and applying creative edits to elevate published pieces, with a collaborative, detail-oriented approach.

James A. Buckus

Image Editor, Graphic Designer, Photographer, +2

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I'm a seasoned image editing and prepress professional with over 25 years of experience in print production, preflight, color correction, and plate workflow. I excel at delivering print-ready files on tight deadlines and collaborating with customer service, pressroom, and production teams to ensure high-quality results. I bring hands-on experience with Apogee, Prinect, Kodak Prinergy, and a broad Adobe Creative Suite toolset, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. I am passionate about image retouching, layout accuracy, and applying creative edits to elevate published pieces, with a collaborative, detail-oriented approach.…I'm a seasoned image editing and prepress professional with over 25 years of experience in print production, preflight, color correction, and plate workflow. I excel at delivering print-ready files on tight deadlines and collaborating with customer service, pressroom, and production teams to ensure high-quality results. I bring hands-on experience with Apogee, Prinect, Kodak Prinergy, and a broad Adobe Creative Suite toolset, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. I am passionate about image retouching, layout accuracy, and applying creative edits to elevate published pieces, with a collaborative, detail-oriented approach.

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I’m a seasoned image editing and prepress professional with over 25 years of experience in print production, preflight, color correction, and plate workflow. I excel at delivering print-ready files on tight deadlines and collaborating with customer service, pressroom, and production teams to ensure high-quality results.

I bring hands-on experience with Apogee, Prinect, Kodak Prinergy, and a broad Adobe Creative Suite toolset, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. I am passionate about image retouching, layout accuracy, and applying creative edits to elevate published pieces, with a collaborative, detail-oriented approach.

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Work Experience

Prepress Technician at Giesecke & Devrient

December 1, 2015 - February 1, 2026

Troubleshot and constructed digital files for specific manufacturing processes. Monitored daily production schedule to achieve timely completion of multiple project deadlines. Worked closely with customer service, pressroom and production staff. Processed files through Apogee and Prinect workflows, proofreading and direct-to-plate.

Prepress Technician at AGS Custom Graphics

August 1, 2012 - December 1, 2015

Troubleshot digital files for a variety of publications and pieces in the prepress department of a major commercial printer. Monitored daily production schedule to achieve timely completion of multiple project deadlines. Responsibilities included preflight, digital proofing, file revisions, color correcting, impositions, plate-making and direct-to-plate utilizing Kodak Prinergy workflow.

Prepress Technician at Fineline Graphics (Sub-contractor at Bemis Co.)

April 1, 2012 - August 1, 2012

CDI Digital imaging of flexographic printing plates.

Preflight Technician at Hess Print Solutions/The Press of Ohio

January 1, 1985 - December 1, 2012

Troubleshot digital files of multi-page publications for fast-paced digital imaging department of a major commercial printer. Provided technical support to outside customers (publishers, graphic designers, brokers, and other printers) and within company to client service account managers and sales department. Monitored daily production schedule to achieve timely completion of multiple project deadlines. Responsibilities included preflight, digital proofing, scanning, color correction, file revisions, film output, impositions, and direct-to-plate utilizing Kodak Prinergy workflow. Additional positions held – Technical Service Advisor, Digital Production, and Platemaker.