Digital BW, The Print

I use an Edding 1800 Profipen 0.3 - pigment ink - or so they say!  I've 
had it for years now and it's still going strong.  It's very BLACK - not 
at all subtle!  And it writes my signature very clearly on Silver Rag.
Steve Gledhill
http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/

> Murray DeJager wrote:
>>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.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
>>

		
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