As a gesture of "closure", in case anyone Googles this someday, here's what I found. The Staedtler Triplus Fineliner pens come in silver and gray, have a very fine soft point, and write indelibly onto the semigloss Epson Satin Photographic 240 GSM inkjet paper. So that's how I signed my prints. I used silver as it's about 20% gray, but the gray pen looks good too and is about 80% gray.
I'm investigating the digital signature ideas -- thanks for those -- but I'm kinda partial to my signature not being a cookie-cutter thing, but rather unique to each signed print. Thank you to everyone who suggested a solution. Your thoughts are much appreciated! On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Advice solicited: I want to sign a print I'm selling, discretely on > the front below the image (ie in the white border). So I need a grey > or silver fine-point pen that will write indelibly on Epson Satin > Photographic 240 GSM inkjet paper. > > I bought a silver Pilot Super Color Extra Fine pen yesterday and > tested on some scraps, but even after 18 hours of drying it easily > smears. I really like the look of it -- not too contrasty and bold > like a black pen would be. > > Would some pencil work? I'm sure a Sharpie would work for the > indelible part, but they have too fat a tip, and I don't think grey is > available. > > Seems such a simple thing: sign a print. Sigh. > > What do you do? > > -- > -bmw -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
