Today’s modern machinery uses adhesive tape to clean ink & dirt off the silicone pad. All microPrint machines have built-in pad cleaning. While you could use any “shipping tape”, our tape is available in serveral widths to fit many machines. If you need another width contact Customer Service for pricing and availability. This quality tape is de-ionized to ensure no static energy, as static causes problems when using “cheap” shipping tapes. Our tape comes in 55yard rolls, is 1.6 mil thick, and is available in blue and clear colors.