Hi Ryan, It depends on whether your fabricator does a lot of repeat work or not. We tool 300+ part numbers per month and less than 15% of them are repeats, the vast majority re-ordered within 6 months. Therefore, if a job is not re-ordered within 6 months, we recycle the film. We used to hold them for 1 year, but the cost of storage and organization is too much when you consider the film is less than $8 per sheet fully processed. Joe -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ryan Grant Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:58 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Artwork film replacement frequency Hi Technetter's, How often do board fabricators typically replace their artwork films? I have one fabricator whose replacement frequency is very different from all the other fabricators I deal with. I want to know if that replacement frequency is reasonable or not. Thanks, Ryan --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------