PART 121 ACFT DEPARTED WITH INOP PACK ON MEL. DISPATCH DID NOT INCLUDE ANY LIMITATION AND OPERATIONAL CHANGES IN RELEASE.

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I RELIEVED 2 DISPATCHERS AT XA30 Z. WAS INFORMED OF INOP PACK ON AIRPLANE. AT DEP TIME FLC CALLED FOR ANOTHER COPY OF RELEASE. I CHANGED THE ORIGINAL DISPATCHER'S NAME TO MINE AND SENT RELEASE; WITHOUT CHKING ANYTHING ON RELEASE. AFTER FLT WAS AIRBORNE; I NOTICED NEITHER THE FIRST DISPATCHER AND MYSELF HAD RESTRICTED THE ALT TO BELOW 25000 FT. I RAN ANOTHER FLT PLAN; CONTACTED THE FLT AND MADE SOME CHANGES ON THE RELEASE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: I WAS LED TO BELIEVE PACK INOP WAS ALREADY ON MEL FOR THE ACFT WHEN I TOOK OVER; IT WAS NOT. THE CREW HAD BEEN FLYING WITHOUT THE PACK OPERATING BUT WAITED UNTIL ARRIVING IN EWR TO WRITE IT UP. IF IT HAD BEEN ADDED TO THE MEL AS SOON AS PROB OCCURRED THE ORIGINAL DISPATCHER WOULD HAVE RESTRICTED THE ALT. THE CREW DID NOT CALL ME ABOUT THE LOW FUEL LOAD OR THE HIGH ALT; IF THEY HAD; WE COULD HAVE MADE CHANGES BEFORE ACFT WAS AIRBORNE. THE CREW ADDED MUCH MORE FUEL THAN WAS ON THE RELEASE. IN THE FUTURE I WILL DOUBLE CHK ALL RELEASES THAT ANOTHER DISPATCHER HAS ALREADY SENT.