Digital BW, The Print

I just ordered a personal embossing seal from Bolsons Ltd in the UK via ebay for "signing" my prints. The hand-held version can handle upto 200gsm paper. This way you don't need to worry about ink. They can make a seal out of any image including signatures I think. Check out www.bolsons.co.uk
Unny

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Tony Sleep <TonySleep@...> wrote:
>
> A bit of a weird one.
> 
> Back when I used Epson printers I used to print a copyright and contact 
> details stamp on the reverse of the paper in pale gray. At that time I was 
> running a printer with Piezotones and this worked fine with most papers 
> and there was no print through.
> 
> I now use HP B9180 and it won't work. The printer mechanism is more 
> ferocious and sometimes marks the print surface of most paper types when 
> fed upside down. I've had to revert to a rubber stamp.
> 
> However I'm mistrustful of inks for rubber stamps. All I seem to be able 
> to find are office inks in black, blue, red, green or violet. They are 
> either water-based (no idea how permanent or whether long-term damage may 
> be an issue), or spirit based "permanent" inks. Ditto, plus the latter 
> certainly take alright on all papers I've tried them with, but there is a 
> serious problem of print-through, even on heavy papers like Hahn. PR 308.
> 
> I want light gray archival rubber stamp ink, that won't penetrate the 
> paper base and will dry OK on either coated or uncoated papers.
> 
> Years ago I had to switch to permanent ink for stamping resin-coated 
> bromides (water-based never dried), but didn't then have the print-through 
> problems I am getting with uncoated papers.
> 
> Any ideas anyone? Any chance any of the DIY formulations used by this 
> group might be usable?
> 
> Alternatively, what do other people do?
> -- 
> Regards
> 
> Tony Sleep
> http://tonysleep.co.uk
>