Why not build a variation of this with an Arduino?
 https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Paper-TapePunch-Card-Maker-and-Reader/. You could use cardboard rather than wood if it’s just a one time job. ( or scan the tape into files and process digitally ?) 

Earl 

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On Jan 15, 2020, at 1:18 AM, Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org> wrote:

Brian Walden wrote:
Papertape reader?
The last Cyphercon had a paper tape reader in their badge --
https://hackaday.com/2019/04/12/cyphercon-badge-has-a-paper-tape-reader-built-in/

I'd be all over this if there also were a way to punch tapes.