While doing some formal writing at my office, my friend told me that in is more apt than with in the following sentence. However, my understanding says when we talk about tools of action we generally use with.

A gazetted officer is required to sign with/in green ink.

So which is more apt here?

While doing some formal writing at my office, my friend told me that in is more apt than with in the following sentence. However, my understanding says when we talk about tools of action, we generally use with.

A gazetted officer is required to sign with/in green ink.

So which is more apt here?

While writing on a formal page of my office, I came in a bizarre situation when one of my friend told me that in in more apt than with in the following sentence. However, my understanding says when we talk about tools of action we generally use with.

A gazetted officer is required to sign with/in green ink.

So which is more apt here?

While doing some formal writing at my office, my friend told me that in is more apt than with in the following sentence. However, my understanding says when we talk about tools of action we generally use with.

A gazetted officer is required to sign with/in green ink.

So which is more apt here?