Edible ink printing is the process of printing with edible inks over an edible surface (rice paper used on early stages of this invention, or or frosting sheets more commonly used today) using normal home use inkjet printers with installed edible ink cartridges. The frosting sheet will dissolve and the image printed on it will be fixed at the top of the cake.
What is necessary to print and edible image?
Not any printer can be used for print edible images. The only printers that can be used are the ones that has piezoelectric injectors like the Canon Bubble Jet technology or the Epson inkjet technology. Then, is recommended to use a new printer in order to avoid the contamination of the edible ink with normal inkjet ink. The use of a compatible to the printer ink cartridge with the appropriate edible ink density is necessary, is not recommended to buy bulk edible ink to refill an empty clean cartridge because each printer has different ink injectors and the appropriate liquid density is necessary for a correct functionally.
The preferred printers for the edible printing task are the Canon Bubble Jet printers.
Why are Canon printers recommended for edible imaging?
Canon printers have a print head that can be easily serviced or replaced. Inkjet printers as a whole are susceptible to print head clogs, an issue that can be compounded by the use of edible inks. Should the print head in your Canon printer become seriously clogged or damaged, it can be easily removed and serviced or replaced.
Which Canon printers can be used to print edible images?
There are different technologies, there are the 2 ink cartridges printers, and the 4 to 6 ink cartridges printers, is not recommended to use for edible ink printing more than 4 ink cartridge printers because those printers are intended for photo printing and are more delicate and difficult to configure for edible ink printing.
Choose a 2 cartridge printer system if you will be printing on average less than four edible images a week.
Choose a 4 cartridge printer system if you will be printing on average four or more edible images a week.
2 Cartridge Systems
Printer Settings Media/Paper Type: Plain
Print Quality: High
| Pixma iP1500 i470 | MultiPass MP360 BJC-4000 |
| Pixma iP2000 i470D | MultiPass MP370 BJC-4100 |
| Pixma MP130 i475D | MultiPass MP390 BJC-4200 MultiPass F20 |
| i250 S200 | BJC-4300 BJC-4400 |
| i320 S300 | BJC-2000 BJC-4550 |
| i350 S330 | BJC-2010 BJC-4650 |
| i450 S330D | BJC-2100 BJC-5000 |
| i455 | BJC-2110 BJC-5100 |
4 Cartridge Systems
Printer Settings Media/Paper Type: Plain
Print Quality: High
| Pixma iP3000 S500 S520 | MultiPass MP700 BJC-3000 |
| i550 S530D BJC-6100 i560 S600 | MultiPass MP730 BJC-6000 |
| i850 S630 | MultiPass F30 BJC-6200 |
| MultiPass F60 BJC-6000 S400 S6300 | MultiPass F50 BJC-3000 S630N |
| MultiPass F80 BJC-6100 S450 S750 | BJC-6200 S4500 BJC-6500 |