James Lusk

Studied Human Services and Psychology at Argosy University
Did not graduate but did complete 3and 10 months of study under the Bachelor's Program
20 plus years in the textile cloth printing industry working as color handler, shader, apprentice print machine operator, and print machine operator, color shop supervisor duties, screen warehouse experience. I have a vast knowledge of the cloth printing operations concerning dyes, machine setup as a Rotary Screen Printing Machine Operator – Roller printer Operates rotary screen-printing machine to print designs on textiles: Mounts screen-printing rollers in specified sequence on machine. Turns knob to set machine speed and adjust the pressure of rollers, according to the type of design and cloth being printed. Turn and set valves that automatically admit printing paste into rollers. Starts machine and conveyor belt that carries textile articles under printing rollers. Inspects article being printed to detect colors out of register (alignment). Turns knob to adjust the position of rollers so that each color is printed in allotted
spaces to forms the designs on the cloth. Removes foreign matter from rollers to prevent the irregular flow of printing paste.
Experience with Zimmer Printing Lines, Buser Printing Lines, and Kodak Ink Jet Printers with vast experience with Mezzanine Dye Dispensing Systems manufactured by Bespoke in relation to high-quality printing dyes and printed cloth designs for bath and bedding markets.
heat adjustments, speed adjustments, and magnet bar adjustments to alter the dye shade for
matching to standards. Input computer adjustments into the Bespoke System to alter component dyes
making up the color using percentages, and manual dye component adjustments using percentages
for cutting or adding to the color using scales to carefully weigh up the added components. Perform
maintenance upkeep of the print line machinery such as cleaning and installing dye pumps, lockout
tag outs, recalibrating the dye dispensing equipment and valve systems, and lubricating the rollers, in
addition to replacing filters, and installing screens.