Edible Cartridge for Imprinting Designs on Cakes with Specific Printer Technology

Decorating cakes with photos and images or floral designs have become more and more popular these days, but earlier it was very expensive. Now it is easy to afford and everybody including a wholesale/retail bakery, confectionery or home cake decorator can imprint designs, texts and other things at reasonable budget. There is no expensive special equipment required. All you need is a computer, scanner and a compatible printer with edible cartridge. The standards for making these inks are controlled by the FDA, and FDA compliant edible inks are safe for food decoration. For doing a birthday cake printout you are going to need some equipment and paper including-

• A compatible printer
• Edible Ink Cartridges with edible ink
• Edible Paper

Let us enlighten you about the usefulness of specialty edible cartridges.

When you think of adorning your birthday, wedding or other purpose cakes, your printer is the first step in making the printouts. The second important thing you are going to need is the specialty ink used for printing your pictures. Not just any regular ink will do. These are particular FDA compliant inks that are used on the edible paper for your cake. The inks come in different colors, and the printer can use the inks to produce a range of hues. 

 

A great deal of care, cleanliness and formulation goes into the manufacturing of edible cartridges. A dedicated printer needs to be used to print edible images. The only printers that can be utilized are the ones that have piezoelectric injectors like the Canon Bubble Jet technology or the Epson inkjet technology. It is recommended not to buy bulk edible ink to refill a run out clean cartridge because each printer has variety of ink injectors and proper liquid density is needed for better performance. 

 

Another form of edible ink presently gaining popularity is the decorating pen. These are available in a variety of colors and can be used to draw on any kind of food products, cakes, cookies or cupcakes. Thesepens look just like regular ink pens and can last long two years after opening. They work best when used to draw on a hard surface, such as the hard icing generally used on cookies.

If you are keyed up to embellish your wedding or birthday cake, get yourself a printer, ink and paper and go for it. You might also consider contacting one of the myriad of companies available online that do birthday cake printouts and have them do it for you.

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.