Signing RC Gloss and Luster Prints

Darkroom317 · Sep 25, 2009

I prefer the traditional look with a border around the print and the signature within this border at the bottom in pencil. How is this done on RC or FB Gloss and Luster prints? Will pencil work or is that only for matte prints?

Ektagraphic · Sep 25, 2009

A fine "Sharpie" marker may be best. A pencil won't work.

Darkroom317 · Sep 25, 2009

Is there anything else that would? What was used before sharpie?

Vaughn · Sep 25, 2009

Regular sharpies fade/discolor in the light. I believe there is an "Industrial Sharpie" that is more permanent.

Before the Sharpie -- ink. There are "archival" markers on the market, using pigment inks. Use a fountain pen and fill with a good ink.

Or maybe something like this...http://www.freestylephoto.biz/665150-Delkin-Devices-Archival-Gold-CD-DVD-Marker-2-Pack

vaughn

Akki14 · Sep 25, 2009

For pigment ink pens, I like my ZIG Memory system Millennium pens. They come in very fine points.
http://www.dickblick.com/products/zig-memory-system-millennium-markers/
Sorry should have found a better URL, they do come in normal black, not just pink and yellow

RC hasn't been around for very long... so ink or pencil would have been used "before".

Darkroom317 · Sep 25, 2009

The RC isn't as important. I should have phrased it differently.
The issue is a gloss or luster surface which can be RC or fiber based.

Ektagraphic · Sep 26, 2009

Before sharpie was fountain pen with specialized India Ink for fountain pens. Regular India Ink would ruin a fountain pen. It works great.....Sorry, I should have added this before.

Toffle · Sep 26, 2009

Ah, the bane of left-handers the world over... fountain pens. I can still remember ink-wells, blackened fingers and smeared pages from my early school days. (now, I don't think I'm that old... it's just that growing up in Canada's "Near North", change came slowly in the '50s and '60s.)

By the way, and more on topic, I sign the back of my prints. (...with a thick grade-school primer pencil. )

Cheers, and remembering my special spot, standing in the corner by the door.

Signing RC Gloss and Luster Prints

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