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Mark in Maine - 02 Apr 2004 17:59 GMT

I am thinking of getting a box of the Ilford RC Postcard stock - and
was wondering....

Normal RC paper is coated on both sides, which makes writing on the
back difficult - is the back of the postcard a normal surface on which
you can write with a pen or pencil?

Mark

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Bruce - 02 Apr 2004 19:06 GMT

> - is the back of the postcard a normal surface on which you can write with a

pen or pencil?

>Mark

Yes. In fact they provide indicators where the stamp goes, where your message
goes, etc.

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Roman J. Rohleder - 03 Apr 2004 01:30 GMT

Mark in Maine <msauerwadoesntlikespam@maine.rr.com> schrieb:

>I am thinking of getting a box of the Ilford RC Postcard stock - and
>was wondering....

>Normal RC paper is coated on both sides, which makes writing on the
>back difficult - is the back of the postcard a normal surface on which
>you can write with a pen or pencil?

No, just with permanent markers. It´s an ordinary, strong RC "paper".
At least the box I have, which is 5 years old..

>Mark

Gruss, Roman

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Nige - 03 Apr 2004 23:41 GMT

> Mark in Maine <msauerwadoesntlikespam@maine.rr.com> schrieb:
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> Gruss, Roman

I use a fair bit of this (Postcard Exchanges, Thankyou notes, invitations)
and a permanent marker like a 'Sharpie' works best. You need something very
fine as I've found the 'ink' can spread a little before it dries with some
markers (Sharpie brand seems not too). To use a normal pen (biro) you need
to set them aside while they dry. If you stack them up straight away
they'll get ink all over the front of the next one. Try writing on some
reject RC prints to get an idea what works.

Cheers, Nige

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Mark in Maine - 04 Apr 2004 23:44 GMT

>I use a fair bit of this (Postcard Exchanges, Thankyou notes, invitations)
>and a permanent marker like a 'Sharpie' works best. You need something very
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>Cheers, Nige

Thanks Nige

I have ordered a box - my intention is to use them to make invitations
for a party that we are having. I was hoping to be able to run them
through an inkjet printer to print a message on the back - but it
looks like that is not going to be an option. Plan B is to print the
text on adhesive stock and stick it to the back of the card. I can
address them with a sharpie.

A while ago, I did a project where I shot a bunch of glamour type
photos of a friend, who wanted to put together a calender for her
husband - printed on RC, since I was afraid that Fibre would curl, and
then discovered that you can't print on the back of the RC prints with
a computer printer. Wrote to Epson for guidance, and was given an
answer which clearly showed that they did not understand the question
(even after it had been restated to them) - they suggested using their
own photo paper.

It would really be nice if someone would make an inkjet ink which
would print on the back of an RC print.

Mark

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