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Marking the back of RC prints: Castell #8B pencil
A #8B Faber-Castell 9000 pencil does a good job of
making notes on the back of RC B&W prints. I like to jot down exposure data when I make a print so I can make some sense of the printing session on the next day when examining the dried prints. I had been using a Sharpie marker but never liked it. Used on FB paper the marker can bleed through, so I have to keep a pencil handy in any case. The pencil makes nice light marks that stay on and don't smear. And it just 'feels better' than a marker. Additionally the pencil won't mark the front of RC paper so I get confirmation that I am not about to print on the wrong side of the paper. Available at art supply stores and via Amazon. Around $0.80 each. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation http://www.nolindan.com/da/index.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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Marking the back of RC prints: Castell #8B pencil
My current favorite is a Sanford Design Drawing 3800 8B, drawing pencils
and sketching pencils seem to put down an even darker line than drafting pencils for the "same" hardness, (just like paper grades all 8B pencils are not alike) and some soft pencils have hard bits in the graphite that feel terrible when writing on a smooth surface like the back of RC papers--to me its like the sensation of chalk screeching on a blackboard. Sharpie's OK for RC, I don't consider the work I do on RC to be "permanent" anyway so I mark up both the front and back and if I need a cleanup, PEC-12 takes Sharpie right off the front of RC prints. darkroommike Nicholas O. Lindan wrote: A #8B Faber-Castell 9000 pencil does a good job of making notes on the back of RC B&W prints. I like to jot down exposure data when I make a print so I can make some sense of the printing session on the next day when examining the dried prints. I had been using a Sharpie marker but never liked it. Used on FB paper the marker can bleed through, so I have to keep a pencil handy in any case. The pencil makes nice light marks that stay on and don't smear. And it just 'feels better' than a marker. Additionally the pencil won't mark the front of RC paper so I get confirmation that I am not about to print on the wrong side of the paper. Available at art supply stores and via Amazon. Around $0.80 each. |
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I am a photographer. The best I have found to write on any photographic surface is the Staedtler Mars Omnichrom (a grease pencil with a wood casing). They are no longer made, but I think you can still find some grease pencils with wood encasings from other companies. They write virtually on anything and they don’t smear easily.
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