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Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 07-10-2007, 09:53 AM:

All reels except for Reel 6 had "normal" type marking the heads and tails of the prints. Did someone at the lab or studio let their kid write this stuff. These prints seem to be done for a long time. I saw a date stamp at the end of one tail that had a 5-26-2007 date or something really close.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-10-2007, 10:42 AM:

Is there a lab splice between that and somewhere in the countdown? I've seen that before where it appeared they "ran out of raw stock" but DID actually have enough to finish the reel, just not the leader, so my assumption was that they spliced extra on and hand-labeled it.

Posted by Paul Konen (Member # 41) on 07-10-2007, 11:01 AM:

I remember seeing that exact type of writing on at least two of the four prints that I had. I think it was a lab thing.

Posted by John Hawkinson (Member # 1135) on 07-10-2007, 02:20 PM:

It seems in line with Deluxe Toronto's funky typography...

Paul says, "Did someone at the lab or studio let their kid write this stuff."

Hey, what's wrong with that? Seems like a totally reasonable thing to do! [Big Grin]

--jhawk

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-11-2007, 11:29 AM:

Ours is normal on all reels.

Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 07-11-2007, 11:39 AM:

I don't remember seeing that on any of my 3 prints.

Posted by Chad M Calpito (Member # 3736) on 07-11-2007, 12:02 PM:

I didn't see that on the two prints I received and built.