Digital BW, The Print

Hello Everyone,

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David Keenan" 
><ausdlk@...> wrote:
> 
> I thought that "regular" pencil was the preferred method to sign
> matte papers. That's what I use anyway the few times that I don't
> make final prints on Innova Fiba-Gloss F.
> 
> I will check out this pencil for signing the Innova.
> 
> Dave.


Perfect timing for this message to show up. I have just begun the 
process of finalizing a collection of B&W photos from the late '70s 
to early '80s for limited edition printing on an Epson 2400. I've 
decided on Museo Silver Rag as the paper and the only subject I've 
been grappling with is the signing of the individual prints.

Reading through the achives and also reading some very recent posts 
on the subject of whether one could use a "scanned signature" as a 
replacement for the real thing I decided that, despite having a 
signature that gets worse the more I have to think about it, I would 
do my best and sign my prints with a pencil.

Then I did a practice run and actually tried to sign a Silver Rag 
print... it can't be done! At least not in pencil. So I tried a 
couple of different types of pen... over my dead body! The results 
look awful!

So I'm back to using a scanned signature. But I've also decided that 
I'd sign the back of the print to make up for not actually signing 
the front.

What do the other members of this list thing about that?

Murray DeJager