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Is it ok to print in a carpeted room?

I am moving my machine into a commercial store front location and the rooms are carpeted with commercial style carpet.

Will the machine perform fine on carpet? I am on hardwood flooring now and was just wondering if the carpet would cause any printing issues.

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson - Admin on February 13, 2012 at 4:39am

I have always had carpet under my printers. no worries - they work fine!

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Permalink Reply by One Hip Sticker Chic on February 13, 2012 at 6:08pm

Mine is on carpet. Because I have animals - I do put coroplast down so that when I print longs prints (which is every day) they touch the coroplast rather than the carpet. I just wipe the coroplast down each day.

Kelly

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Permalink Reply by Eric Adler on February 13, 2012 at 8:19pm

Our versacamm is on carpet too.

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Permalink Reply by Neil Marshall on March 20, 2012 at 1:04am

I have had some issues with carpet as static electricity associated with the media can pull loose strands onto the media and smudge the print ,Have had a strand of carpet fix itself to the carriage and wipe the ink through the print as it goes back and forth but it didnt happen too often

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Permalink Reply by Pamela King on March 20, 2012 at 8:33am

I would think static would be an issue!

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Permalink Reply by Zakk L on March 31, 2012 at 12:16am

We had carpet in our last place and it was terrible. Strands would stick to the media every time it hit the floor. his being said, we used low quality, Home Depot carpet so I will assume that was a huge factor. We now have it on concrete. So much better.

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Permalink Reply by Kimberley on April 5, 2012 at 12:58pm

If you are worried about the carpet being an issue, buy those rubber mats (or low pile static-free carpet) that come in squares (which are usually targeted for garages or workout rooms) to put under your machine's work area. They keep the floor under the machine clean and if ink spills or leaks it won't ruin your wall-to-wall carpet.

I found some rubber squares for about $20 for a set of 8 at Costco. A few sets covers my 54" machine area and it is much easier to sweep and clean up than carpeting.