Digital BW, The Print

Sakura Pigma Micron pens come in various rapidograph-thin line widths...I use .05 most of the time. .01 may be OK depending on your taste, .001 is too thin. Totally reliable on highest gloss and "air-dried" baryta (such as Ilford Gold Fiber Silk)....perfect for prints that won't accept pencil... allegedly "archival"  ...They're relatively inexpensive throw-aways...

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...> wrote:
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> hjswim2@... schreef:
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> > And, man, I haven't used a Rapidograph in ages! But good idea.
> > 
> > Harald Johnson
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> The thicker ones can be used for signing on papers like that but on most 
> matte papers they still scratch and by that get clogged.
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> The thin ones 0.13 are excellent for retouch on any paper. Stipple 
> technique. I use old Rötring and new Staedler Marsmatic 700 pens. Fill 
> them with the lightest grey ink etc for B&W.  For color prints good 
> watercolor pencils are  easier though. I use the Caran d'Ache brand.
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> It would have been nice if they had pen inks 30 years ago that 
> functioned as good as inkjet inks do today :-)
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> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groeten,   Ernst
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