With the greater extent of people seeking to customize their cakes, the uses of edible ink has gone up considerably. Many professional as well as home bakers can add a photo onto a cake with the ink and edible printed paper usually made of rice or starch. Using specially developed edible ink and a printer, you can create stunning edible photographs or even personalize your food items for your clients. You can use any program which you can utilize to create and print edible images.
Any inkjet printer that has print-heads in the printer itself and uses tank-style inkjet cartridges (such as HP, Canon or Epson) are ideal printers for edible ink applications. Some of the most common edible printers used by edible ink manufacturers such as Inkedibles include the Canon Pixma ip3600, the Canon MG5220 and Canon MG5320 printers. Its also important to make sure your printer has an upright paper tray, as some printers with only front loading trays may be troublesome for edible printing because the paper needs to be bent through the printer and that may damage the frosting sheets (edible paper that you print to with edible ink). The manufacturers of the edible ink will tell you which particular printers are compatible with their ink. It should be noted however, that if you are all set to print with edible ink, do not use the printer for regular printing use.
Only Epson and Canon Printers are the best for edible ink applications. Both of those companies are industry leaders and manufacture high quality products.A large format printer is also the best type of printer that will enable your bakery to produce sheet cakes with wider than 8.5×11 inch distinct and impressive photos. Being able to produce larger cake sets may prove to be an advantage to your business and corporate clients when you’re dealing with oversized cakes.
Disclaimer: The information in this article does not represent any particular company’s opinions or suggestions. Edible ink printing should follow the instructions of the manufacturer from whom you buy your Edible Ink supplies, and it should be noted that the mixing of edible inks and regular inks should not be done.