Picture Printing with copyright on the rear

[dj_myk]

as the title says


I recently shot a wedding and I am wanting to print the photos for the couple. But I don't want them to be able to take them to a place and get them copied.

Where is a good place to get my images printed with a copyright or even my company name on the rear, an possibily my unique image number incase I need to order a reprint.

I called photobox today and they say they don't do this

Mike

 

[ChrisMClark]

Images I've had from DS Coliur have filenames printed on the back, not sure about other printing, give them a call. And let me know if they do

 

[purpleclouds]

Images I've had from DS Coliur have filenames printed on the back, not sure about other printing, give them a call. And let me know if they do

Indeed they do, possibly maybe batch print some copyright stickers with your contact details on too?

 

[foodpoison]

Personally I print my own sticky labels and stick them to the back.

In Jessops we get a lot of pro photographs coming in to get copied. We're normally good at telling from sight, but if we're unsure we look at the back. Most either have: A) A sticky label, B) A sticket, or C) 'Do Not Copy' physically printed on the back.

On others, especially Kodak paper, it has 'Kodak Paper, Do Not Copy' printed on it in a tiled design.

 

[ChrisMClark]

I've been looking for rubber-stamp inkpads that'll dry instatly on prints, instead of just rubbing off, but I couldn't find any...didn't even know where to look though to be honest

 

[dj_myk]

i like the sticker idea.. and I have a thermal lable printer at my work.


never thought of that .

then I can manually write on the sticker the photo number...

Mike

 

[Chappers]

You used to be able to get spirit based ink for stamping on non porous surfaces, but the problem was the solvent evaporated quickly from the pad. I don't think you can get this product anymore, probably some problem with the solvent.

I experimented some time ago with using a laser copier to print on the back of RC prints. It worked to a degree, but was somewhat dependant on the copier used. Needless to say it wasn't that successful.

Labels with an aggressive adhesive ( to stop them being peeled off ) may be the most practical answer

 

[Irishman]

If you use lightroom 2, you can tick a box as you export to mark the images as 'copyright images', when printed show on thw back of the image along with your file number.

 

[buckas]

i put my own sticker labels on mine but if photo box print the filename on the back, call each file

©_mykweb_2009_etc_reprints_found_at_xxxxxx_ref_img_number . jpg ?

would be pretty easy to batch rename a whole lot with everything except the image number as a prefix

drew