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An Original Print is a film print that was printed from the official negative release of the film.
If the 16mm print was printed
directly from the 35mm negative it would be known as a Printdown.
An original is, technically, printed from a 16mm negative which is derived from the original 35 negative or a fine-grain interpositive.
Bill, there are some ways to tell the difference.
One way is the examination of printed in splices. A splice which goes across pic and track indicates a dupe.
However, there could of course be a splice which does not go across the track but which got printed into a dupe. Therefore, this can't be an absolute indicator of an original.
Incidentally, the word "dupe" printed into a lab leader would most likely indicate a dupe negative - not a dupe print.
Other giveaways such as the wrong title printed into a leader - such as The Ape Man for King Kong (I'm just making these up for the sake of illustration) - would indicate a dupe, in an effort to avoid detection in the old days.
EMKA leader indicating most likely an original MCA television print.