With one of these belts on, issues such as stiff tails aren't really a problem - the whole film is orientated the same direction (ie up ) - this means you can always see the name of the print, on the print. Another thing we do is write the name of the print on a piece of tape, and stick that on the tail - the name is always easy to read and allows the members of our booth to get 'creative' - no problems like Joe was talking about in his July review.

Incidentally, I have a question to ask about that review; in the pic of the "me myself irene" tail - if the word "me" is at the head, and "irene" at the tail, and your platters spin counter clockwise, then it wouldn't matter if the soundtrack was up or down, right? The label would still be backwards.

For example, Item Number 9100 is FPC Blue Transparent Uncoated Polyester Film Support, 7.0 mils thick (regular print film base is 4.7 mils thick), and perforated with regular print film perforations (KS-1870). This leader is also stiff enough to use as a "straight edge" in aligning projector components. In 1000-foot rolls, it's less than 10 cents ($0.10) per foot.

This stuff is TOUGH!

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com

FPC also carries "FPC White Movie Leader, Acetate Base, Opaque (985) white leader suitable for leaders and trailers on release prints. Thickness 6.0mil." They also have "frameline" and "lightstruck" leaders.
CLICK HERE

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com

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FPC also carries "painted leader". Don't know if it's similar to the one you use:
CLICK HERE

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com

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I think Joe was trying to point out that with prints from Deluxe you can't simply put a piece of tape behind the title on the tail leader to have an nice professional looking label like this...

Of course, for those who like to "re-name" their prints to more suitable names, a little creativity with the splicer will still get the job done.

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Sorry, I'm not familiar with the details of every type of leader FPC sells. I suggest going to their website, which has a brief description of each leader, and a way of asking for additional information:
http://www.fpcfilm.com/US/en/motion/FPC/fpc/fpc_main.html

My contact person at FPC is Christel Pareigis. Her e-mail address is christel@kodak.com Telephone: (323)468-5774

Not sure if all the leaders are available on both polyester and acetate base. Since some of the leaders are made on recycled print stock, I wouldn't be surprised to see more polyester base available.

When the film tails out the wrap is left on the platter and then re-wrapped around the film for the next screening. This eliminates the use of suction cups or having to tuck the end of the film under the edge of the main body of the print.

We have been doing this for over 31/2 years now and we have not had one tail wrap problem.

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