A device for transferring a film from a carrier strip a substrate comprises a supply reel for the film coated carrier strip and an empty reel for receiving the de-coated carrier strip. 04 seconds of absorption time of 10 mlm2 or more, a micro-porous layer containing inorganic fine particles and a hydrophilic binder. An opening for decreasing a floating capacity is disposed in the ground layer under the posts S0, D. This curve is shifted by a predetermined time corresponding to an additional delay over a relay path to produce a projected capacity curve for the relay path having a second capacity cost determined according to a combined measure of signal quality of multiple links in the relay path. A filter may be coupled to the replication device to receive an optical signal from the plurality of optical signals and filter the received optical signal.