Conventional carpet printing is a lot like conventional textile printing, as manufacturers use similar rotary techniques. It therefore has the same pros and cons: it’s fast and suited for high output, but inflexible and bound by screen size. Conventional carpet printing is perfectly suitable for carpets and rugs that are meant to serve the mid-segment, as you can just turn on your machines and produce a high number of identical products in a short period of time.
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