A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER XVI.—MAKERS OF AND WORKERS IN PAPER; PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ETC.

Sub-order 2.—Printers, Bookbinders, and Photographers

536.—Wall Paper Printers—Machine



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colourer
see grounder.
enameller
coats surface of paper with enamel by means of a grounding machine; cf. baryta coater (518).
grainer (paper staining)
a machine printer q.v. operating machine fitted with rollers on which pattern resembling grain of wood is engraved.
grounder ; colourer, padding machinist
as for machine printer (paper staining); attends machine which produces ground or plain paper, i.e., a plain tint serving as foundation for pattern of wallpaper.
machine printer (paper staining), machinist (wall paper) ; printer (wall paper)
fits rolls of plain paper into wallpaper printing machine; fills boxes with colour from a can; switches on power which drives machine and sees that machine is printing properly.
padding machinist
see grounder.
printer (wallpaper)
see machine printer (paper staining).

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.