{"id":976,"date":"2012-09-05T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inkedibles.com\/blog\/?p=976"},"modified":"2012-09-05T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T12:54:00","slug":"edible-printers-should-be-dedicated-for-edible-ink-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/edible-printers\/edible-printers-should-be-dedicated-for-edible-ink-printing.html","title":{"rendered":"Edible Printers Should be Dedicated for Edible Ink Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you buy a printer for use it in your bakery or at home for edible ink printer<\/strong><\/a>, you should always dedicate it to edible printing. Also known as edible printer, this printer should never be used with regular inks as contamination of the inks can occur. For health and safety purposes, the printer should only be used with edible ink and other edible supplies. <\/p>\n

Edible inks are supplied by manufacturers of edible supplies and they are sold either in ink cartridges, or as ink refills for edible ink cartridges<\/strong><\/a>. Another essential thing required for printing with edible ink is frosting sheet. These are thin layer of edible sheets that feed through the printer, and are similar to regular printer paper. It takes a few hours for the edible paper to dissolve in the cake frosting and leaving the beautiful pattern behind. For printing on edible sheet you don’t actually need a computer. If you have a scanner or printer, you can scan the image, and print any design on the icing sheet.<\/p>\n

You can also use a normal printer that has previously been used with non-edible ink. But it requires thorough cleaning that involve removing and cleaning of print heads, and wiping the inside of the printer where ink may have come into during the printing process. Proper cleaning is crucial in order to avoid ingestion of any harmful chemicals that may have been left over from previous use of regular ink. Before purchasing your edible ink<\/strong><\/a>, make sure they are FDA compliant.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer<\/strong>: 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 ink and regular inks should not be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you buy a printer for use it in your bakery or at home for edible ink printer, you should always dedicate it to edible printing. Also known as edible printer, this printer should never be used with regular inks as contamination of the inks can occur. For health and safety purposes, the printer should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edible-printers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.inkedibles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}