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Also known as[edit]

The Duplication Factory

List of Customers[edit]

The Biltmore Company (some Biltmore Estate tapes)
Dart Distributing LLC
Eli Lilly and Company (some rare tapes)
Feature Films for Families (some copies of Willy the Sparrow and The Buttercream Gang)
Firm Flex Video (some copies of Body by Jake Firmflex Workout Features Jake's Simple Seven)
Geoffrey, Inc. (some Christmas tapes sold at Toys 'R' Us stores)
Hometime Video Publishing
Miracle-Ear (some copies of Miracle-Ear: Hearing Loss & You)
METACOM
Remington Arms Co. Inc. (some copies of An Important Message: The Safe Use & Care of Your New Firearm)
Scholastic, Inc. (one known copy of I Spy: More Than Meets the Eye)
Sony Wonder (2001) (one known copy of Elmo's World: Birthdays, Games & More!)
Sylvan Learning Center (2002) (one known copy of Sylvan Learning Center: Learning Feels Good)
Wagner (some copies of Instructional Video for Wagner Models 355 375)
Wet Cement Productions (some Ewe Know tapes)

How to Tell[edit]

Some tapes from this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, which was formatted like the following examples:

Example 1:

T-80 DFI 37288 11/10/93 09:36

Example 2:

T-115 DFI 106608.01 2ND 5/3/01

Sometimes the printings looked like this instead:

Example 1:

HTC-UNDERGROUND 106243.11 2ND 4/23/01

Example 2:

EWE THANKFUL 112086.05 2ND 10/22/02

Example 3:

EWE GOING THERE? 112993.02 1ST 11-15-02

However, some tapes from this duplicator did not have any form of printing at all.
Tapes from this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
One copy of The Buttercream Gang duplicated here has been known to have a code with a date and a clock on the bottom of the screen at the end, similar to what CDI Media did, sticking out from the bottom of the vertical blanking interval on their tapes. This was followed by a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end.

Gallery[edit]

An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
An example of the code at the end of one known copy of The Buttercream Gang by The Duplication Factory.

Locations[edit]

Chaska, Minnesota

Website[edit]

duplicationfactory.com (via the WayBack Machine)

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-This company is also known as '''The Duplication Factory'''.
+[[File:Duplication Factory.jpg|right]]
+== Also known as ==
+* The Duplication Factory
 == List of Customers ==
+* The Biltmore Company (some Biltmore Estate tapes)
+* Dart Distributing LLC
 * Eli Lilly and Company (some rare tapes)
-* Feature Films for Families (some copies of Willy the Sparrow and The Buttercream Gang)
+* Feature Films for Families (some copies of ''Willy the Sparrow'' and ''The Buttercream Gang'')
 * Firm Flex Video (some copies of Body by Jake Firmflex Workout Features Jake's Simple Seven)
-* Geoffrey Inc. (some Christmas tapes sold at Toys 'R' Us stores)
+* Geoffrey, Inc. (some Christmas tapes sold at Toys 'R' Us stores)
 * Hometime Video Publishing
+* Miracle-Ear (some copies of Miracle-Ear: Hearing Loss & You)
-* Metacom
+* METACOM
-* Scholastic Inc. (some copies of I Spy: More Than Meets the Eye)
-* Sony Wonder (2001) (some copies of Elmo's World: Birthdays, Games & More!)
+* Remington Arms Co. Inc. (some copies of An Important Message: The Safe Use & Care of Your New Firearm)
+* Scholastic, Inc. (one known copy of ''I Spy: More Than Meets the Eye'')
+* Sony Wonder (2001) (one known copy of ''Elmo's World: Birthdays, Games & More!'')
+* Sylvan Learning Center (2002) (one known copy of ''Sylvan Learning Center: Learning Feels Good'')
 * Wagner (some copies of Instructional Video for Wagner Models 355 375)
-* Wet Cement Productions (some copies of Ewe Know: Are Ewe Thankful? and other Ewe Know tapes)
+* Wet Cement Productions (some Ewe Know tapes)
 == How to Tell ==
-* Some tapes from this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, which was laid out like the following examples:
+* Some tapes from this duplicator had a print date in dark ink, which was formatted like the following examples:
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 '''EWE THANKFUL 112086.05 2ND 10/22/02'''
+Example 3:
+'''EWE GOING THERE? 112993.02 1ST 11-15-02'''
 * However, some tapes from this duplicator did not have any form of printing at all.
 * Tapes from this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
-* Two known copies of ''The Buttercream Gang'' and ''Willy the Sparrow'' by these duplicator have a code with a date and a clock on the bottom of the screen at the end, similar to what CDI Media did, sticking out from the bottom of the vertical blanking interval on their tapes. This was followed by a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end.
+* One copy of ''The Buttercream Gang'' duplicated here has been known to have a code with a date and a clock on the bottom of the screen at the end, similar to what [[CDI Media]] did, sticking out from the bottom of the vertical blanking interval on their tapes. This was followed by a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end.
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
 File:Duplication Factory, Inc. (1991).jpg
-File:Duplication Factory.jpg
 File:Underground Sprinklers (2001, Hometime).jpg|An example of what print dates on tapes from this duplicator looked like.
 File:11-03-93 (The ButterCream Gang, 1993 Feature Films for Families) (The Duplication Factory Pressing).jpg|An example of the code at the end of one known copy of The Buttercream Gang by The Duplication Factory.