Rubber block wallpaper printing machine in action

Mar 26, 2012, 11:05 AM

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This is the sound of a wallpaper printing machine with a cylindrical rubber printing block in action. A test piece is being printed in this recording, which is why the mechanism stops and starts. This recording was made at Cole & Sons Wallpaper factory.

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