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This article is from the rec.arts.movies.tech FAQ, by Scott E. Norwood snorwood@nyx.nyx.net with numerous contributions by others.

6.8 What is a `release print'? (Film Laboratories)

The `release print' is made from the internegative (as mentioned
above), or, for very small print runs or special engagements, from
camera negatives. These are the prints which are shipped to theaters
and other exhibitors for the exhibition of motion pictures. Release
prints differ from answer prints, check prints, and intermediates, in
that they are mounted on metal reels for projection (the others come
on small plastic lab `cores' and must be mounted in `split reels' for
projection), and, like check prints, have reel-change cues at their
tails. They are the least-expensive type of final print.

 

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