Paive nezvakawanda zvichangobva kugadzirwa zvekunamira muzana remakore rechi20.Uye zvinhu zvinonyanya kubata maziso pairi yaive Seal Tape, iyo yakagadzirwa naRichard Drew muna 1925.
Kune matatu makiyi akaturikidzana mune yekuisa chisimbiso tepi yakagadzirwa naLu.Rudzi rwepakati ndeye cellophane, ipurasitiki yakagadzirwa nehuni pulp, iyo inopa tepi mechanical simba uye pachena.Iyo yepasi ye tepi ndiyo inonamatira, uye iyo yepamusoro ndiyo inonyanya kukosha.Idhiri rezvinhu zvisina kunamira.Zvinhu zvizhinji zvine tension yakadzikira kana zvasangana nazvo uye hazvigone kuinyorovesa zviri nyore (saka tichaishandisa kugadzira mapani asina tsvimbo).Kuishandisa kune tepi inzira inoshamisa, iyo inoreva kuti tepi inogona kusungirirwa pachayo, asi haigoni kunamatira kune imwe neimwe zvachose, kuitira kuti inogona kugadzirwa mumatepi rolls.
Kune vanhu vasina kunaka kubvarura tepi, vanofanira kuda kushandisa tepi yemagetsi, inogona kubvarurwa pasina chigero.Nekuti machira emucheka anomhanya nemupumburu wese we tepi yekusimbisa, zvinoita kuti zvive nyore kubvarura.Panguva imwecheteyo, tepi yemagetsi inodiwawo zuva nezuva kune vashandi vemagetsi.

Simba re tepi rinobva pamucheka wefiber, uye kunamatira uye kushanduka kunobva mupurasitiki uye yakanamatira.