Which pen is best for writing on film edge?

[greyspecks]

Apparently the discontinued Rapidoliner range pens were suitable to mark the date outside the image area.
Anyone got any idea's on a replacement?

[cyrus]

I personally use a Speedball ink pen dipped in B&W spotting dye.

[Pat Kearns]

Sharpie fine point.

[Bruce Barlow]

I use Staedtler drafting pens - I found them in a 4-pack at Staples for about $10. They are different widths, I prefer the .1 and .3 sizes.

I have found even a Sharpie Fine Point to be too fat.

[E. von Hoegh]

Staedtler pigment liner.5mm.

I write all the pertinent data on the margin of 8x10 with one.

I used to have some Sanford fineline permanent markers that were just as good if not better (the ink seemed to bond into the film base) but they are not available anymore.

[Bob Salomon]

The Kaiser fine line permanent CD markers work well for this. Sold by camera stores and library supply catalogs.

[Mark Woods]

Pigma Micron 03 with Red Ink.

[nolindan]

I use "Ultra Fine Point" Sharpie markers. http://www.sharpie.com/enUS/Product/...nt_Marker.html
The marks can be wiped off with PEC-12 film cleaner. http://www.photosol.com/pec12.htm

[Louie Powell]

Straedler "Pigment Liners" are convenient and work well. I found a set of four (different line weights) at a "big box" office supply store.

Koh-in-Noor "Rapidograph" technical fountain pens with India ink work exceptionally well, but are expensive and require frequent cleaning to keep the ink flowing.

Sanford Sharpies work, but the ink is not totally transparent, so the writing appears faint in contact prints.

[Keith Pitman]

I've been using the finest point "gel" pen I could find. They are marked "archival," whatever that means.