Reddit mentions of Tsukineko 2 Fluid Ounce StazOn All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner with Spray Top, Lightly Lemon Scented (SC000004)

I did not write any tutorial, but here is a lil "how to" and a few things to pay attention to.

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_For the stamp, you can use a home laser or if you don't have any like me, find a workshop that makes stamps. All they need is a .pdf file (600 ppi is fine) and they will engrave it (costs me ~10€ per stamp)

If your stamp has letters, just make em hollowed (Not sure it's the right word, but you'll get it at looking the letters in pic), andif you're working with pictures, make them rasterized (in photoshop you find this option by converting an image in bitmap mode iirc). It's important to have rasterized / hollow fonts because ink will print bad on a large rubber surface, if you understand what I mean.

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I noticed that big stamps tend not to print the center of the tape as the pressure you have to put on it when you print bends the tape. I suggest only the rubber stamps (no mounting on a piece of wood), and then you make yours with pieces of wood lying around. you can see I had to make two stamps with these words to make it print correctly.

So forget any design that will take the whole cassette as only the corners would print well. I have this stamp that is amazing on paper, but won't print correctly on a cassette (and cannot be cut into smaller stamps as it is one image).

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Always have an ink remover (Stazon inkpads have their "ink remover" you can buy), you'll have remake a few as sometimes ink runs if you put too much pressure. Even when dry for weeks, you can perfectly clean your tape with this.

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Then you gotta go with trial and error for the first stampings. Find the right pressure to apply, and once you got it, you can make a bunch pretty fast.

Then you'll have to clean the ink that should not be there. you'll have sometimes a part of the stamp which should not have printed like a corner, the more prints you make, the more ink it collects.

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Well, that's pretty much it, and yeah, I tried with these rubber letter kits before that. It's ok looking, but it definitely is a pain to print as the letter are much more soft and tend to move.

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Update me if you gave this a try !

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EDIT : Always buy an ink that comes with a refill when available, this white ink pad has to be refilled often, the black is a more liquid ink and needs less refilling.

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Links :

ink (first site that popped up on google, but you can find it anywhere) : https://www.clearbags.com/cotton-white-stazon-ink-pad-set.html

ink remover : https://www.amazon.fr/Tsukineko-SC000004-Stazon-Spray-nettoyant/dp/B004AKLC5I