Handwriting / text on silver - how?!

[Kermit]

The printer that I have ordered is a Samsung 2026 - and I think the spec says that it will go up to 1200 x 600 dpi. Looking forward to trying it out.

Can I ask what carrier medium you use for toner transfer - PNP / OHP film / or as I read the other day - magazine pages! ?

When I did my test yesterday I just used a basic permanent marker pen - not one of the specific resist pens that you can buy (It was a Stabilo one). One observation is that it rubs off quite easily so if you are checking to see the depth of the etch you have to go very carefully.

[ps_bond]

PnP blue for etching, bog standard paper for image transfer (where I'll scribe over the result).

[art925]

I do everything that should not work, I use a Brother printer with OHP sheets, this image was a photo of water, that I made B&W in photoshop. This is 1.2mm silver left in warm Ferric Nitrate for about 3 hours, with a thin resist the result would not be as sharp and the "acid" would eat away at the resist. On the reverse & sides I paint with nail varnish. You can see that I have a good depth on the etch.
Its a poor photo but taken on the kitchen table...
So if my client wanted a personal handwritten message...I would scan the handwriting, invert the image in photoshop, then carry on as normal.

[Kermit]

Thanks both - that is really helpful