Black Ink For Bank Teller

[T4TEXAS]

A friend whom I have been introducing to fountain pens has started work in banking and is currently a teller. I am giving her an inexpensive pen - Jinhao 886 - that she likes. In order for her to use it for filling out deposit forms the ink needs to be black and fast drying. So I would appreciate a few black ink suggestions.

 

Thanks!

[Randal6393]

Sounds like a job for Private Reserve Fast-Drying Black. Noodler's Heart of Darkness would also be a good deal for a bank teller. I use Noodler's Black for my deposit slips and have never had a problem. In the more "standard" lines, Skrip Black, Pelikan 4001 Black. Both should do well.

 

Best of luck,

[inkstainedruth]

+1 for Heart of Darkness. I actually prefer it over the regular Noodler's Black. And I'm not much for black inks normally.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[haruka337]

Iroshizuku Take-sumi. Not the blackest black out there, but it has depth, is water resistant, office appropriate, quick drying and works seamlessly in any fountain. I've used it for deposit slips before.

 

The suggested retail price for this ink is between $35 to $40. On Amazon you can purchase it for $18 to $20. On Rakuten, you can buy it for $10+:http://global.rakuten.com/en/search/?k=Iroshizuku&sid=voice&l-id=gs_product_search

[Dragonmaster Lou]

I like Pilot-Namiki Black. It's water resistant and seems to work fine on crappy paper. Also seems to dry pretty quick. It probably has some of the same qualities as Take-sumi, but is about half the cost.

[pkoko]

Cross or pelikan black

[AndyYNWA]

There is always De Atramentis Document Black. Waterproof and fade resistant.

I don't know about the drying time thought, but the Dark Blue I've been using has a quite average drying time.

Edited September 2, 2015 by AndyYNWA

[AndyYNWA]

Made a drying test on De Atramentis Document Dark Blue today, and it has a drying time between 5-10 seconds. The quickest I have registered in my ink journal. I guess it just felt average in normal writing.

Hopefully their black is as quick.

Edited September 2, 2015 by AndyYNWA

[vectorbundle]

Heart of Darkness is very fast drying and also very black.

[Arkanabar]

+1 for HoD. Of all Nathan's bulletproof black inks, I think this probably has the best all-around behavior.

[Wheatflower]

Heart of Darkness. It's the ink I use at work where I am, among other things, one of the check-signers. I can go through a stack of checks without pause because the ink has dried by the time I move the check from one stack to the other. And it's very, very permanent.

[AndyYNWA]

Checks? Do those still exist?

[Aetheric Continua]

Hey-o! I'm a bank teller myself (Well, technically it's a credit union, and technically I'm at work right now. Shhh!)

 

I personally don't like Noodler's inks. They feel too "thick" and when I tried using Noodler's Black for slips, they took an age to dry (though I guess it's possible that my bottles are more heavily saturated than others). I think I had the same results with X-Feather and 54th Mass. smells odd. I do use Liberty's Elysium for signing cashier's/bank checks though. Bulletproof and blue

 

But for day to day tickets, I like Iroshizuku Take-sumi and Aurora Black the most for black inks. Both behave wonderfully and don't sit on top of the paper and take an age to dry like my Noodler's inks tend to. I'm planning on getting a bottle of Diamine Denim, a blue black, as an alternative "professional" ink. If normal blue inks are options, then that also opens the door for a bit of "fun" with her fountain pens. I use Private Reserve Electric DC Blue from time to time for example

[Arkanabar]

Hey-o! I'm a bank teller myself (Well, technically it's a credit union, and technically I'm at work right now. Shhh!)

 

I personally don't like Noodler's inks. They feel too "thick" and when I tried using Noodler's Black for slips, they took an age to dry (though I guess it's possible that my bottles are more heavily saturated than others). I think I had the same results with X-Feather and 54th Mass. smells odd. I do use Liberty's Elysium for signing cashier's/bank checks though. Bulletproof and blue

 

But for day to day tickets, I like Iroshizuku Take-sumi and Aurora Black the most for black inks. Both behave wonderfully and don't sit on top of the paper and take an age to dry like my Noodler's inks tend to. I'm planning on getting a bottle of Diamine Denim, a blue black, as an alternative "professional" ink. If normal blue inks are options, then that also opens the door for a bit of "fun" with her fountain pens. I use Private Reserve Electric DC Blue from time to time for example

A coworker got himself a sample of Noodler's Black prior to being gifted a 4.5oz bottle of HoD. I agree, that stuff was slow to dry. It was still smearing on work copy paper and post-it notes after 20s or more. HoD dries much faster. Dilution can improve the dry time.

[Noihvo]

Checks? Do those still exist?

Exactly! The only time I have seen them used is once when I was ten years old, and by my grandfather. I really have no idea how they work, of if they can still be used.

[AndyYNWA]

Exactly! The only time I have seen them used is once when I was ten years old, and by my grandfather. I really have no idea how they work, of if they can still be used.

In Sweden they are accepted for business transactions, but not recommended and expensive to cash in. Electronic money transfer is urged.

 

In ordinary shops they are usually not accepted.

Last time I saw one being used by a Swede was about ten years ago when I was selling TV's and HiFi.

[El Gordo]

In Sweden they are accepted for business transactions, but not recommended and expensive to cash in. Electronic money transfer is urged.

 

In ordinary shops they are usually not accepted.

Last time I saw one being used by a Swede was about ten years ago when I was selling TV's and HiFi.

Ten years ago? I can not remember having used one this millennium. Think the last one I received was 1987 or so.

Anyhow : De Atramentis Documententinte Black and Noodlers Black bulletproof would be my choices

[Portamenti]

I've used them more often cancelled than not. Here in Canada in order to set up any direct deposit or withdrawals from a bank account, most people want a cancelled cheque. So I've written many cancelled cheques to employers and landlords.

 

I've not found an ink meeting the requirements of the op yet though... Sorry for the minor derail!

[sirgilbert357]

Checks are still in heavy use here in America. Once in a while you'll still see an old lady paying for her groceries that way. I used to work in a bank too...none of my FPs really gave me much trouble on the bank's deposit/withdrawal slips, but none of them seem to work very well for actually signing checks. The paper checks are made from just doesn't absorb the ink very well...

[Aetheric Continua]

Checks are still in heavy use here in America. Once in a while you'll still see an old lady paying for her groceries that way. I used to work in a bank too...none of my FPs really gave me much trouble on the bank's deposit/withdrawal slips, but none of them seem to work very well for actually signing checks. The paper checks are made from just doesn't absorb the ink very well...

I suppose different financial institutions use different checks. Ours are fountain pen friendly, though some ink+pen combinations may make the ink take a bit longer to dry, but that's usual for a lot of paper anyway.

 

Is the paper you use for bank checks coated or something?