Digital BW, The Print

What about using a light Piezotone ink in an ink pad?

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Dec 7, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Tony Sleep 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