How many years do you hold onto customer print files?

[wonderings]

Maybe there are simple ways of doing this, but it seems more complicated and time consuming to find all the old files and trash them.

 

[davarino]

Being able to restore from any time in the past is wonderful, even if not needed except for one time in a year.

Memory is so inexpensive and the advantages of pulling up the past (when urgently needed) are so great. It is supremely foolish to think now as we did ten years ago.

The flip side of managing the information is a serious concern... you should be able to know which version of a file you're pulling up. (And you should also know which version you want to pull up.) That is more a "librarian" function... and it's important. That's why you want your prepress people to stay on forever.

 

[wonderings]

Being able to restore from any time in the past is wonderful, even if not needed except for one time in a year.

Memory is so inexpensive and the advantages of pulling up the past (when urgently needed) are so great. It is supremely foolish to think now as we did ten years ago.

The flip side of managing the information is a serious concern... you should be able to know which version of a file you're pulling up. (And you should also know which version you want to pull up.) That is more a "librarian" function... and it's important. That's why you want your prepress people to stay on forever.

Each unique job gets a specific number with its work docket. We have found this really simplifies things. No other job will have the same number so no confusion and it makes doing a quick OS search easy and effective.