Printer for edible pictures? - Cake Decorating Community - Cakes We Bake2024-03-29T13:38:38Zhttps://cakeswebake.com/forum/topics/printer-for-edible-pictures?commentId=4635016%3AComment%3A1160369&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGive us a call if you need an…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-23:4635016:Comment:11603692013-01-23T22:38:46.394ZIcing Imageshttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/DebbieCoughlin
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<p>Give us a call if you need any additional help.</p> Thanks for the advice! I'll…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-23:4635016:Comment:11597872013-01-23T04:55:32.599ZCynhttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/Cyn
<p>Thanks for the advice! I'll remove the head and try to clean it as suggested.</p>
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<p>Cyn<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Icing Images said:</cite></p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Be very careful with gadgets. I have had many customers call with blown out printheads due to the water being forced through the seals…</p>
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<p>Thanks for the advice! I'll remove the head and try to clean it as suggested.</p>
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<p>Cyn<br/> <br/> <cite>Icing Images said:</cite></p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Be very careful with gadgets. I have had many customers call with blown out printheads due to the water being forced through the seals on the bottom of the printhead and damaging them. While the theory is good, we have had too many people contact us after using that with major problems. Depending on the brand of ink you are using, you may be able to get through the clog fine with out any gadgets at all. Hot water is your first step. Also, while deep cleaning does use a lot of ink, it is good to use once or twice, but no more so you dont waste your ink.</p>
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</blockquote> Be very careful with gadgets.…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-17:4635016:Comment:11565732013-01-17T21:09:15.904ZIcing Imageshttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/DebbieCoughlin
<p>Be very careful with gadgets. I have had many customers call with blown out printheads due to the water being forced through the seals on the bottom of the printhead and damaging them. While the theory is good, we have had too many people contact us after using that with major problems. Depending on the brand of ink you are using, you may be able to get through the clog fine with out any gadgets at all. Hot water is your first step. Also, while deep cleaning does use a lot of ink, it is…</p>
<p>Be very careful with gadgets. I have had many customers call with blown out printheads due to the water being forced through the seals on the bottom of the printhead and damaging them. While the theory is good, we have had too many people contact us after using that with major problems. Depending on the brand of ink you are using, you may be able to get through the clog fine with out any gadgets at all. Hot water is your first step. Also, while deep cleaning does use a lot of ink, it is good to use once or twice, but no more so you dont waste your ink.</p> Cyn,
Using the cleaning metho…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-17:4635016:Comment:11565712013-01-17T21:03:26.114ZPhotoFrosthttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/Tricia
<p>Cyn,</p>
<p>Using the cleaning method through the printer properties will not help clean the printhead, it will however waste a lot of your ink. Removing the cartridges and capping them when not using for an extended period of time is fine, but you must also remove the printhead and clean it and put it in a airtight ziplock as well. You can clean the printhead by using hot tap water and running it until the water runs clear, but a better method is using the PowerFlush, you can find the…</p>
<p>Cyn,</p>
<p>Using the cleaning method through the printer properties will not help clean the printhead, it will however waste a lot of your ink. Removing the cartridges and capping them when not using for an extended period of time is fine, but you must also remove the printhead and clean it and put it in a airtight ziplock as well. You can clean the printhead by using hot tap water and running it until the water runs clear, but a better method is using the PowerFlush, you can find the video of cleaning on Youtube as well and many other videos, just by searching"PhotoFrost01" </p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I would definitely recommend a Canon over Epsons. The main reason is that the Canon has a removable printhead so if you do get a nasty clog, you can remove the printhead and clean it rather then throwing the printer away and starting over as you would with an Epson. </p>
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<p>Hi Icing Images, I have the Canon printer mentioned here, and removed the cartridges when I wasn't using it so they wouldn't go dry (necessary?) but the print head is clogged--is there a better way to clean the head than running the 'clean' feature with the ink in it? After three runs it's still printing stripes.</p>
<p>I really like this printer and hope there is an easy solution to this problem.</p>
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<p>Cyn</p>
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You really want to ke…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-17:4635016:Comment:11566672013-01-17T21:01:09.345ZIcing Imageshttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/DebbieCoughlin
<p>Hy Cyn,</p>
<p>You really want to keep the cartridges in place and just print on regular paper at least once every week to two weeks, but that is dependent on the brand of ink you use. For ours, every week to two weeks is fine. You only want to use the cleaning function when it is a small clog, but having let it sit, you may have a monster clog depending on the brand of ink and how long you let it sit. If you are our customer you can log in to our website and go to the support section for…</p>
<p>Hy Cyn,</p>
<p>You really want to keep the cartridges in place and just print on regular paper at least once every week to two weeks, but that is dependent on the brand of ink you use. For ours, every week to two weeks is fine. You only want to use the cleaning function when it is a small clog, but having let it sit, you may have a monster clog depending on the brand of ink and how long you let it sit. If you are our customer you can log in to our website and go to the support section for cleaning instructions. But generally, you can take the cartridges back out, run the printhead under hot water allowing it to flush the printhead ink wells. Let it run until you do not see anything coming out. Dry it completely, put everything back in and do one deep cleaning and then a nozzle check. Now if you are using sponged cartridges, you may have a dried up cartridge to and it will be hard to tell whether or not the problem is in your printhead or your cartridges. Also, you can get streaks in your prints if your settings are off. For our brand of ink, you need to have the paper type set to matte and everything else at the default. Also be sure to set your paper abrasion to the on position in the printer properties. I hope this is helpful to you. Please also feel free to email us directly at sales@icingimages.com<br/> <br/> <cite>Cyn said:</cite></p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I would definitely recommend a Canon over Epsons. The main reason is that the Canon has a removable printhead so if you do get a nasty clog, you can remove the printhead and clean it rather then throwing the printer away and starting over as you would with an Epson. </p>
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<p>Hi Icing Images, I have the Canon printer mentioned here, and removed the cartridges when I wasn't using it so they wouldn't go dry (necessary?) but the print head is clogged--is there a better way to clean the head than running the 'clean' feature with the ink in it? After three runs it's still printing stripes.</p>
<p>I really like this printer and hope there is an easy solution to this problem.</p>
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<p>Cyn</p>
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</blockquote> This topic is long and has sp…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-17:4635016:Comment:11565682013-01-17T20:55:52.665ZIcing Imageshttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/DebbieCoughlin
<p>This topic is long and has spanned over a long time so that model is not available but the Canon mg5320 is the latest generation. I hope this helps!</p>
<p>This topic is long and has spanned over a long time so that model is not available but the Canon mg5320 is the latest generation. I hope this helps!</p> Icing Images said:
I would…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-17:4635016:Comment:11565032013-01-17T19:58:55.577ZCynhttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/Cyn
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I would definitely recommend a Canon over Epsons. The main reason is that the Canon has a removable printhead so if you do get a nasty clog, you can remove the printhead and clean it rather then throwing the printer away and starting over as you would with an Epson. </p>
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<p>Hi Icing Images, I have the Canon printer mentioned here, and removed the cartridges when I wasn't using it so they wouldn't go dry (necessary?) but the print head is clogged--is there a better way to clean the head than running the 'clean' feature with the ink in it? After three runs it's still printing stripes.</p>
<p>I really like this printer and hope there is an easy solution to this problem.</p>
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<p>Cyn</p>
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</blockquote> can you give me the model num…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-14:4635016:Comment:11535872013-01-14T04:09:56.878Zfaith brandstetterhttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/faithbrandstetter
<p>can you give me the model numbers of the other canon printers? that one is sold out =(<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Icing Images said:</cite></p>
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<p>can you give me the model numbers of the other canon printers? that one is sold out =(<br/> <br/> <cite>Icing Images said:</cite></p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I would definitely recommend a Canon over Epsons. The main reason is that the Canon has a removable printhead so if you do get a nasty clog, you can remove the printhead and clean it rather then throwing the printer away and starting over as you would with an Epson. I prefer the Canon MG5220 which is featured in our Elite Standalone system. It has a scanner and a printer all in one unit. It also is compatable with our Sponge free cartridges. These are a newer type of cartridge which is preferred for many reasons. First, without the sponge, there is more edible ink since the sponge is not taking up 2/3'rds of the space in the cartridge. SInce there is no sponge, there is no reason to put alcohol in the ink so that the sponge does not collect bacteria. Without the alcohol, there is less printhead burn out that you will find in sponged cartridges. Plus the cartridges can be refilled directly in the printer saving time, money and mess. The cartridges/ink is made in the US and Kosher. Finally, the ink works as a great compliment to the Premium Icing Sheets which are the preferred sheet among top decorators. It is a much more flexible sheet and gives you the largest printable surface in the industry. Please let me know if you have any questions, I will be glad to assist you in any way possible.</p>
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<p>I would strongly suggest the Canon MG5320 printer. It is a great printer and probably our biggest selling printer. Also, based upon your beautiful cakes, my guess is you will also like iiDesigns. They are designs that are licensed for edible use. We designed this program because we had found when we were making designs that the scrapbook paper is not licensed for reprinting and for sale. So people who were copying images from scrapbooking pages or websites were printing them and selling…</p>
<p>I would strongly suggest the Canon MG5320 printer. It is a great printer and probably our biggest selling printer. Also, based upon your beautiful cakes, my guess is you will also like iiDesigns. They are designs that are licensed for edible use. We designed this program because we had found when we were making designs that the scrapbook paper is not licensed for reprinting and for sale. So people who were copying images from scrapbooking pages or websites were printing them and selling them illegally. We actually got a several keynote decorators together and had them help in choosing designs to compile this collection of over 1000 different images that are catagorized for easy referencing. This program actually will create patterns that have repeatable patterns that will match up end to end so that you can created endless bows, ribbons and wraps that you can match up each end without broken patterns! It is a really cool program. </p>
<p>Please let me know if you have any questions about anything, I will be glad to answer you.</p>
<p>Oh, by the way, if you are purchasing your printer on your own, not from a company like ours that sells edible printing kits, Staples has them on sale right now.</p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p><br/> thank you so much. That info didn't sound right so I knew someone on this site would have the answer. Now the search for the printer. =)<br/> <cite>Icing Images said:</cite></p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I think the information you have is incorrect. Edible printing is just like regular printing except you use a printer that is compatable with edible inks. We recommend the Canon as stated above. Our company, Icing Images, has a free online program taht you can print from, however for regular printing on 8.5x11" icing sheets, you can use any graphics program you want. Now if you are looking to print copywritten images, you have to go through a company that sells those types of licensing. Those programs are more expensive and you have to pay per print with the copywritten images. But if you are printing pictures of people, you do not need that. We actually sell a program called idesigns that allows you to print designs that are licensed for edible use. I hope this is helpful.</p>
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</blockquote> thank you so much. That inf…tag:cakeswebake.com,2013-01-13:4635016:Comment:11533352013-01-13T19:15:05.611Zfaith brandstetterhttps://cakeswebake.com/profile/faithbrandstetter
<p><br></br> thank you so much. That info didn't sound right so I knew someone on this site would have the answer. Now the search for the printer. =)<br></br> <cite>Icing Images said:</cite></p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I think the information you have is incorrect. Edible printing is just like regular printing…</p>
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<p><br/> thank you so much. That info didn't sound right so I knew someone on this site would have the answer. Now the search for the printer. =)<br/> <cite>Icing Images said:</cite></p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I think the information you have is incorrect. Edible printing is just like regular printing except you use a printer that is compatable with edible inks. We recommend the Canon as stated above. Our company, Icing Images, has a free online program taht you can print from, however for regular printing on 8.5x11" icing sheets, you can use any graphics program you want. Now if you are looking to print copywritten images, you have to go through a company that sells those types of licensing. Those programs are more expensive and you have to pay per print with the copywritten images. But if you are printing pictures of people, you do not need that. We actually sell a program called idesigns that allows you to print designs that are licensed for edible use. I hope this is helpful.</p>
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