Remove Edible Images From Frosting Sheet Paper?
Decorating By ShirleyW Updated 22 Feb 2007 , 8:40pm by paolacaracas
I heard through a cake friend that I could use my standard printer with edible image frosting sheets if the item isn't going to be consumed. I am doing an Oscar party cake on Sunday and will be doing gumpaste forms with edible image paper attached. I sent for the paper, it just arrived and I have been playing, printing out images. But I tried peeling away one of the images that I am using as practice and the edges tore or crumbled as I started removing it from the paper. Is there a magic way to get them off intact? I think I have heard of freezing them first but haven't had time to try that yet. Anyone have a magic answer, please?
Shirley,
I put mine in the freezer for about 3 to 5 seconds and it releases from the paper 
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Good news. I figured it had to be something simple or I would have seen more posts like mine asking for help. Thanks Stephanie. This year comes the investment in an edible printer. I have always said I thought they would be a waste of money for me, that I wouldn't use it that often. But I am seeing more and more ideas for ways of using one.
Shirley,
I love mine to death; sure beats the time it takes to do a fbct 
Yep, you can do a lot with edible images
I just ordered my Epson and also the frosting sheets and ink. Can't wait to get it and start playing 
I didn't think I would use one much either and here latley, the last 5 cakes I have done I would have killed for one. Can't wait for it to get here. Just checked and everything has been shipped.
Guess you know what I'm going to be doing this weekend
Edible image tips from me
Depending on your edible images, if they are too dry and crack way too easily--Find a container big enough that it will lay flat in, with a LID... like a casserole dish or a large cake dome. Nuke a cup of water, and set it in the container with the image for a minute or so. The steam will help to moisten the image to make it a bit softer.
IF your image is now tooo wet, or sticky from humidity, you can put it in a oven set to just 300 degrees for a minute, and that will help dry it out. Or just let it sit out for a few minutes.
Use a pizza cutter to cut special lines or curves in it.
And, you can rub the paper along the edge of a table, like you would rub a dollar bill to get it flat enough to go into a cash accepter. usually, if the edible is dry enough, it will just pop right off.
Hope it all helps someone someday!
I need to do a big long discussion thread on edible printers when I get ready to buy. There are so many companies making them now and knowing next to nothing about them I have lots of questions.
Hey Shirley! Kopykake makes edible ink cartridges for just Canon and Epson printers and most other places only hace cartridges for Canons. If you go to kopykake.com, they have a list of compatible printers and ones they recommend: http://www.kopykake.com/pc_CompatiblePrinterGuide.html
I just got a new Epson C88 because my Canon kicked the bucket. For the past few cakes I have been just using my regular printer and putting the image on a fondant or gumpaste plaque and then let people know to remove the image before eating. I have just been using my edible printer so much, it is worth every penny I put into it. Compatible Canons are hard to come by now, so that is why I opted for the Epson. I have to get new cartridges for it since the Canon ones are not compatible, but that is okay. I ended up getting the C88 at Radio Shack (someone else mentioned it in another post) for $40. They are on Clearance there, so many of the stores don't have them. But I was able to get the last one in my area! Yahoo! They are normally around $80 in other stores that carry it.
Really consisder the investment, they more searching you do, you can really find good deals on printers. Good luck!
Good news. I figured it had to be something simple or I would have seen more posts like mine asking for help. Thanks Stephanie. This year comes the investment in an edible printer. I have always said I thought they would be a waste of money for me, that I wouldn't use it that often. But I am seeing more and more ideas for ways of using one.
Once you buy the printer you'll get ideas on how to use it, But I have to warn you, the printer is a pain...at least for me, It clogs too much!!!
I have the epson with kopykake inks.
There are many things to do that are not simply printing and sticking a a photo, but those simple cakes are done in a sec. with an airbrush, and sell well, I do mine in 10 min or less. So the printer will soon pay for itself.
See the backjardigans cake in my photos, those are copykake figures.
Do you guys charge extra for the edible image, or do you just raise the cake price a little to cover supplied and count it as (less) time well spent?
I don´t charge extra, to me is another sales tool. I sell a lot of this simple cakes, they need to be less expencive, and is ok, cause we don´t put too much time in them, and people like this cakes so why not?
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