Re: [ARSCLIST] Re print-thru - tails out

["Frances, Melodie" <mfrances@xxxxxxx>]

Ok - learning curve here for me - what does tails out mean?

Thanks

Melodie

Melodie Morgan Frances
Head of Cataloging
Graduate Theological Union
mfrances@xxxxxxx
510-649-2521

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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Re print-thru

Actually my experience has been that you should never run and store the 
tape in any shuttle mode as the tape is wound much tighter and this 
increases print through. The suggestion for storage has been tails out 
played in real time. The real time speed does not pack the wind as
tightly.

AA




Doug Pomeroy wrote:
> Yes, running the tape from end to end at high speed will reduce
> print-thru somewhat, according to 3M.  Not exactly a cure, but
> every little bit helps.
>
> Doug
>
>> This is called "print through" where the signal on one layer of a=20
>> tape impresses itself onto adjacent layers of the tape. In rare=20
>> instances, you can hear things repeat more than once.
>>
>> The time difference between the original and the image is once around
>> the reel.
>>
>> Sometimes this can be cured by winding the tape through and
letting=20
>> it sit for a few days.
>