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Author Topic: What's This Symbol On Film For? Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 12-19-2009 12:49 PM                     i noticed this symbol on the tail end of Reel6 (final reel) of my print of "Did You Hear About The Morgans?". I don't recall ever seeing this on any other prints, it only appears on R6 of this print, and only on the tail end. It looks sort of like a 'ship's wheel'. Does anyone know if it has any meaning or special significance, or is the lab just getting 'cute' and I have way too much time on my hands and not enough on my mind? DETAIL  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-19-2009 01:23 PM                     It's just DeLuxe Toronto's way of being cute. I am gonna guess that the rest of your print was sourced from DeLuxe Hollywood (who doesn't engage in this practice) which would explain why the other reels aren't similarly marked. DeLuxe Toronto has done this (and also using varying fonts for the titles) for many years now. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-19-2009 02:14 PM                     Instead of trying to be cute they should fix those damn K printers.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-19-2009 04:22 PM                     Fix them? But "K" stands for "bouncey".  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 12-19-2009 04:46 PM                     Thanks. I'm surprised I've never seen that mark before, or maybe I've just been 'lucky' enuf not to get any other prints from that lab.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 12-19-2009 08:47 PM                     Being in California, you won't see many prints from Deluxe Toronto. If you look at the little white barcode stickers on each reel, in the lower left corner will be a code. A code of "K11" means it is the K printer #11. A code of "L04" means it is a Loop printer #4. K printers are used in Deluxe Toronto. Loop printers are used in Deluxe out in California. Shipping distances dictate you will rarely run a K print (which is a very, very good thing).  |  IP: Logged Michael Voiland Expert Film Handler Posts: 219 From: Naperville, IL US Registered: Aug 2009 posted 12-20-2009 03:30 AM                     What type of splicer in the picture?  |  IP: Logged Jack Theakston Master Film Handler Posts: 411 From: New York, USA Registered: Sep 2007 posted 12-21-2009 10:34 AM                     Looks like a later Revis butt-splicer, my personal preference.  |  IP: Logged Jarret Chessell Master Film Handler Posts: 288 From: London, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2009 posted 12-22-2009 01:04 AM                     I see those all the time, but my prints come from Toronto. I do like the bouncy printing, it makes the threaders think it will go away if they tighten down the gate as much as they possibly can  |  IP: Logged

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