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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: gkroeger on October 11, 2020, 07:53:20 pm

Title: Signing Baryta/Platine surfaces?
Post by: gkroeger on October 11, 2020, 07:53:20 pm

Any suggestions for the best pencil/pen for signing the print surface of Baryta and Platine papers?  I am a lefty, so smearing is a potential issue with pigment inks, but I haven't found a pencil that works well.

Title: Re: Signing Baryta/Platine surfaces?
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 11, 2020, 11:17:11 pm

For several years I've been using the set of six Micron Archival Ink pens. The set has six different sizes. They write nicely on any paper I have used, dry quickly, and don't stain.

Title: Re: Signing Baryta/Platine surfaces?
Post by: Jeffrey Saldinger on October 12, 2020, 12:21:54 pm

There might be more of interest to you here: https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=135792.msg1181021#msg1181021

Title: Re: Signing Baryta/Platine surfaces?
Post by: gkroeger on October 12, 2020, 02:26:12 pm

Quote from: Jeffrey Saldinger on October 12, 2020, 12:21:54 pm

There might be more of interest to you here: https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=135792.msg1181021#msg1181021

Thanks Jeffrey... I had skipped that thread since the title referred to writing on the back of papers, but there are a couple of posts at the end about writing on the coated side.

Title: Re: Signing Baryta/Platine surfaces?
Post by: Jeffrey Saldinger on October 13, 2020, 10:29:50 am

Quote from: gkroeger on October 12, 2020, 02:26:12 pm

Thanks Jeffrey... I had skipped that thread since the title referred to writing on the back of papers, but there are a couple of posts at the end about writing on the coated side.

You're welcome. Glad it helped.

Title: Re: Signing Baryta/Platine surfaces?
Post by: budjames on October 14, 2020, 08:58:05 am

I've tried a number of pens to sign prints. If black is the color you want, I have found the Staedtler® Pigment Liner Sketch Pens to be awesome. You can buy a set of 4 pens which feature black, acid-free ink, 4 line widths (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7) and indelible, lightfast and waterproof ink. 4-pens set will cost $20.99.

If I want silver, gold or white pigment inks, I use Faber-Castell® PITT® Bullet Tip Artist Pen, $4.49 each.

Regards,
Bud James

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