Step 1 How to Tape a Package for Shipping

• With your thumb and pointer finger grab the tape close to the blade on the dispenser.
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Step 2

• Pull the tape away from the dispenser using your thumb and pointer finger.
• Reminder: Keep the tape straight and taut while pulling it out of the dispenser.
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Step 3
• Using your thumb and pointer finger, grab the tape near the blade and pull downwards.
• This will remove the strip of the tape from the dispenser for your use.
• Reminder: Keep the tape straight, making sure the sticky side doesn't touch anything.
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Step 4
• Hold both ends of the tape, aligning the middle of the strip of the tape with the middle of the long, wide part of the box.
• Place the tape so it will go across the flaps that open and close on the box.
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Step 5
• Wrap the remaining tape around the sides that open and close.
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Step 6
• Continue wrapping this tape onto the back of the box.
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Step 7
• Your box is now properly taped up!
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