How to become a Printer
Official title: Printers
Printers set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, newspaper and other printing presses.
Main tasks
- Set up, adjust and monitor feeders, delivery units, inking systems and other press operations
- Mix inks and solvents to standard, and regulate paper and ink flow during printing
- Produce printed products systematically using letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure and in-line presses
- Produce digital print images and transfer and output them
- Cut stencils for screen printing
- Print designs on paper, metal, fabric or other materials by screen printing
- Print designs on cloth and wallpaper using engraved wood blocks or machines with engraved rollers
Ways in
- Technical college: Technician certificate: Screen printing. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 192 網版製版印刷. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$457,000 a year
- Demand for Craft and related trades jobs is projected at about 1,519,000 in 2024 and about 1,515,000 in 2030. (-0.3%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Printer?
Ways in include: Technician certificate: Screen printing.
How much does a Printer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$457,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Printer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change -0.3% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of a Printer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026