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Flatbed digital printer

A flatbed digital printer is a special kind of printer that can print things on a flat surface like a piece of paper, but also on a flat object like a phone case, a piece of wood or a glass surface.

Imagine you have a big box with a flat surface on top of it. This box can move around and it has a special printer head that can move back and forth and up and down.

You put the object you want to print on into the box and the printer head starts moving around, spraying ink onto the object in a way that makes a picture or text.

The printer can print on lots of different flat objects, which is really cool because it means you can print designs on things like signs or even custom furniture.

The ink used in the printer is special and it sticks well to the flat objects even after it’s dry. Overall a flatbed digital printer is a really cool machine that lets you print designs on a whole bunch of different things!