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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a number printed above the recordingrecord tab spot in white ink (e.g. '''48''').
* Much like most tapes by [[The Duplication Group|Cassette Productions]], one known copy of Treasure Island by this duplicator also had a few extra seconds of black screen following the blank space at the tail end, accompanied by a rumbling sound in the linear track.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like this for example:
 
'''10607'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes by this duplicator had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like this for example:
 
'''HSV'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white or purple upside-down printings above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''5x47''').
* Some other tapes by this duplicator also had dark printings on the left side of the tape (e.g. '''170717''').
* Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of The Treasure Chest: Toys & Signs from this duplicator had a number printed above the recordingrecord tab spot in white ink (e.g. '''34''').
* One known copy of The Treasure Chest: Toys & Signs from this duplicator had a silent white screen test pattern at the end after several seconds of black screen, followed by some more black screen.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known tape from this duplicator had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''T29 2''').
* Said tape also had a silent white screen test pattern for a split second at the end.
* Said tape did not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like the following examples:
 
Example 1:
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had the tape length printed above the recordingrecord tab spot in white ink, like in the examples shown in the below pictures.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had the tape length printed above the recordingrecord tab spot in white ink (sometimes with "'''3M'''" in the printings), like in the examples shown in the below pictures.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had seven numbers engraved above the recordingrecord tab spot. Take a look at the following examples:
 
Example 1:
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes from this duplicator had a two digit number printed in dark ink above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''65'''), possibly indicating tape length.
* Tapes by this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had yellow printings on the right side of the tape shell (e.g. '''10336''').
 
* One tape by this duplicator was known to have the static roll of death at the end.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings on the right side of the tapecassette shell, like the following examples:
 
Example 1:
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had an orange, blue or red sticker next to the recordingrecord tab spot, which had some numbers on it (e.g. '''114329''').
 
* Several tapes by this duplicator also had a few numbers printed in white or dark ink on the bottom middle side, like the following examples:
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had dark printings on the spine, with a tape length (e.g. "T60", seen on any program duplicated on 60-minute tape) above the recordingrecord tab; not much is known about the printings on the spine as of yet, though one appears to be a date code (e.g. "081391", taken from a copy of Appleseed), and another, to its right, is a time code (e.g. "02:43", taken from a copy of Outlanders).
* Some tapes up to around 1992 did not have any printings at all.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had information etched onto the right side of the tapecassette shell (e.g. '''MCA-423-22837''').
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Most tapes duplicated by this company had a sticker on the right side of the tapecassette shell, with information on it like the following examples:
 
Example 1:
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'''16F6872'''
 
* Some early tapes also had a number stamped in dark ink above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''30 9''').
* Several later tapes had white printings like the following examples:
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes by this company had the tape length printed above the recordingrecord tab spot, as well as a set of eight numbers printed in white on the back of the tapecassette shell (e.g. '''40040211''').
 
===Possible Candidates===
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=== How to Tell ===
* On one known copy of Odzala: Islands in the Forest by this company, the only form of printing was the tape length, which was printed in white above the recordingrecord tab spot.
 
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'''12/05/97 11:36 T85 1 SKC'''
 
* One known tape by this duplicator hashad the recordingrecord tab intact.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Some Advanced Hunting Equipment tapes by this duplicator say "'''FCV'''" in the bottom right corner of the face label.
 
===Possible Candidates===
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated here had dark printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like these for example:
 
'''<big>85</big> 644E'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of Geena's Tremendous Tooth Adventure duplicated by this company had a dark ink stamp above the recordingrecord tab spot, which consists of text in a circle (e.g. '''DP010''').
 
=== Possible Candidates ===
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of Geena's Tremendous Tooth Adventure duplicated by this company had the following white printings above the recordingrecor tab spot:
 
'''MCNERNEY'''
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* Tapes by this company had an orange sticker with information (e.g. '''0893.Gk''').
 
* Some tapes by this duplicator also had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''6 60''').
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes by this company had printings above the recordingrecord tab spot or the bottom middle side (e.g. '''2192''').
 
===Possible Candidates===
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes by this company had the tape length printed in gold above the recordingrecord tab spot.
* One copy of Sewing with Nancy: Suede - Ultra Fun to Sew by this duplicator has been known to have shuffling color bars at the end.
* Said tape did not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
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=== How to Tell ===
* The only form of printing on tapes here is above the recordingrecord tab spot, where white printings appeared like the following examples:
 
Example 1:
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of ''25 Years of God's Miracles'' duplicated by this company had white printings above the recordingrecord tab, like these for example:
 
'''T-95'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like these for example:
 
'''T-75'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated here had printings above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''REGAL 0399''').
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of Thomas & Friends: New Friends for Thomas duplicated here had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''ABE-AB1326''').
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of The Belle duplicated here had dark printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like the following example:
 
'''63390812'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated here had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like the following example:
 
'''S 120 KSB'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had a two-digit number printed in white above the recordingrecord tab spot (e.g. '''30'''), possibly indicating tape length.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated by this company had white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot, like these for example:
 
'''T-106'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of The Crab Man by this company had a number stamped in dark ink on the right side of the tapecassette shell (e.g. '''12''').
* Said tape did not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Two known tapes by this duplicator had the number '''60''' (possibly indicating tape length) stamped in white above the recordingrecord tab, which was intact. There was no other form of printing on these tapes aside from this.
* Said tapes had oversized reels.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* Tapes duplicated here had upside down white printings on the right side on the tapecassette shell (e.g. '''OT0225''', '''PT0222''', or '''PT1253''').
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known tape from this duplicator had the tape length stamped in yellow above the recordingrecord tab spot.
 
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of Quigley's Village: The Great Treehouse Disaster by this duplicator had the following white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot:
 
'''QV-25'''
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=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of LWTV Episode One: The Demo by this duplicator had the following white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot:
 
'''PRO-35'''
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* Mack Dawg Productions (one known copy of The Resistance)
=== How to Tell ===
* One known copy of The Resistance by this duplicator had the following white printings above the recordingrecord tab spot (this example is somewhat worn off, so some of it may be incorrect:
 
'''T-31-410'''
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* American Yellow Pages
=== How to Tell ===
* One known tape from this duplicator had some numbers engraved above the recordingrecord tab spot, as shown in the picture below.
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