A method of replacing a first strip having equally-spaced preprinted graphics with a second identical strip on a manufacturing machine having an input traction unit for feeding the first strip along a first route defined by a first and second branch forming a given angle; the second strip, after being accelerated along the first branch and adjusted in relation to the first strip, being cut and fed on to the second branch by a spoon-shaped guide plate operating in a direction substantially coincident with that of the second branch.