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* 1984-1987 tapes duplicated at CBS/Fox would have engraving on the right side of the tape that says "CBS FOX" and printings on the bottom middle side, including a day-year code that is read in either Day/Y0, Day/Y or Day/YY.
** For example, if the day-year code reads "16550", that means the tape was printed on the 165th day of 1985.
** Invisible dark ink printings and white barcode stickers on the side of the tape began in 1986, with the code switched over from "DayY0" to "DayY." VCA/Technicolor continued these printing methods during the next three years, following its acquisition of CBS/Fox's duplication facility and name change to Technicolor Videocassette in 1987, and added Sony Sprinter systems to the plant. After CBS/Fox switched over to RVSA in mid-1990, the printings became similar to those of Technicolor's California plants.
*** Some tapes duplicated using Sony Sprinter systems would have a barcode sticker on the bottom side of the tape with the distributor initialism and catalog number, followed by either a generic initialism or the tape speed initialism.
*** Sometimes, from 1989-1990, the code would read something like "18789." On some tapes, the code is kind of visible.
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