I have seen some really old photographs with labels on the back and
they have not bled through. Pretty low tech glue, I imagine. Art
supply stores have archival grain type pastes that you mix like
wallpaper paste. It is used for the rice paper hinges used to fix the
position of original art on a board before it is framed.
You could print your own labels on a piece of low acid paper and
paste it on the back. Your paper is glossy on both sides? Maybe you
will need a modern adhesive and keep the label out of the image area.
Another thought is that if it is glossy it is probably plastic unless
you are using one of the new fiber based inkjet glossy mediums. You
may have no worries about bleed though at all.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jun 4, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Jay Drew wrote:
>
>>> What is a safe and reliable method of labeling the back of your
>>> prints?
>>>
>>> I read somewhere that the safe and long lasting method was
>>> pencil. And
>>> Ihave a bunch of photos my great grandfather took in the 1920's
>>> era that
>>> are labeled via pencil and hold up well. My problem is I am
>>> printing on
>>> gloss (Can*n) and pencil is not going to work there. Pens don't
>>> make it,
>>> but a sharpie will. Anyone know if a sharpie will bleed through?
>
>
>
>
>> I think the Sharpie ink is probably fairly strong stuff and I've
>> used them
>
>> in the past to sign the front of a print.
>>
>> I am currently using a product I got from an art supply store
>> called a
>> Micron or Pigma Micron pen. It shows it as being #1 Archival Ink
>> for acid
>> free environments. It says it is micro pigment ink for
>> waterproof and
>> fade proof fine lines. Manufactured by Sakura Color Products
>> Corp in
>> Japan.
>>
>> I would probably avoid writing on the back is the image space and
>> if I were
>
>> to use some kind of sticky label I would probably keep it out of
>> the image
>> area and make sure the adhesives were appropriate for archival
>> storage.
>> <[8^)
>> Bill Barber
>
> Bill,
> Web searches did verify your advice on the Sakura pen. I went out a
> purchased a Sakura pen. Unfortunately, it smears even with an hour of
> drying time. In that respect, the Sharpie wins, but is the Sharpie
> archival
> safe. I found Avery labels in a local business supply store and the
> packaging touts it as Archival safe and Acid Free. But the
> archival safe
> and acid free may apply to the label and as you point out, the
> question is
> what about the adhesive.
> The Avery web site makes no claims for the label but does sell
> vinyl sheet
> protectors that are "achival safe". So I am back to square 1.01.
>
>
> And by the way Bill, unlike you no one has asked me to sign the
> front of any
> of my prints. Nor am I a rock star and had the opportunity to sign
> the
> busom of some adoring fan.
>
> Jay
>
>
>
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