Woooohooooo!! While out of the office yesterday, my edible ink cartridges and my frosting sheets were delivered and today, in comes the UPS delivering my new Canon Printer!!! I will be doing a sheet cake with the family portrait (of all eight children) on my father-in-law's birthday cake next month!!! I'm so excited!!!

Congratulation ntertayneme. I know that you will have lots of fun.

Have you used one before? I have been very curious about the ease of use and the quality of the print. I want one for myself so let me know how you like it.

Thanks.

I haven't used one before so it will be a learning process... I will try printing on another regular printer first, then hold that image up to my frosting sheets to see how it will look.. then I'll send the print to my Canon to print out on my edible image.. I've worked that much out .. but as far as the rest goes, I have no idea how to use it yet LOL... anyone with any information on the ease/use of how to do this, please let me know!!! Thanks!

ntertayneme, where did you order your supplies from and what printer did you purchase? I just purchased a Canon ip3000 printer on e-bay and am searching for the best prices on supplies.
Thanks, Janice

I ordered the supplies through KopyKake. I've used them in the past. They are very reliable and ship very quickly. It may cost a few dollars more through them, but I find it's worth it.

how great i cant wait to get my stuff.

has anyone who's had the canon printers ever have a problem with the inks drying out? i have an ip3000 and my pictures come out very light. i think it's because i haven't used it in a while. has this happened to anyone else??

Thanks for the advise Lisa ... I'll have to remember that when it comes time ..

I have the same printer and I think the color quality is excellent. I did struggle with printing red though - it would come out a little orangey. What I had to do was go into the printing preferences and drag the yellow all the way down to the lowest level. Leave the other colors alone. I got a very good red this way.

I have read different things about the ink. I have read where some say to take it out and others say to leave it in. I also read to turn on and off the printer at least once a week if you aren't using to keep the cartridges from clogging. I've only had mine since March...but I haven't clogged yet.

Quality is AWESOME!!!!

Good luck.

Hey all of you canon specialists. I have been looking on amazon.com and found a canon printer. it is iP6000D. Do you all know if this will work with the edible ink. It takes 6 tanks. Want to make sure before I buy anything. Thanks for any info you can give!!

Check out www.sugarcraft.com or www.kopykake.com for the list of printers. They make if very cut and dry on their site.

Thanks for all the input. Thanks Lisa for telling me that. I will look for the 3000.

It's me again. I feel really dumb about this printer, but can you do all the sizes and circles with the iP3000. Maybe I will get this all fiqured out.
Thanks

Yes you definitely can.
You are basically always still printing an 8 1/2x11 sheet of paper, because that is what the frosting circles and other images are placed on. You don't need to make any adjustments.

Here is something else to think about. You can use Ulead PhotoExpress version 1.1 software or the Desktop Decorator software that you can download from Kopykake. I wouldn't purchase that Photo Express software from Sugarcraft, as they charge a crazy amt. I found it at half.com for $2.00. From what the owner at Sugarcraft told me, you must use that version only for the templates to work...and that is an old version so its hard to find. The Desktop Decorator software is good...free too. The only problem is, if you are doing the 12 circles sheet and you want to do different photos on the sheet, that software won't allow you to. What I did was open each template in the Photo Express software - (which I don't like either), save the template as a jpg, and then use the photo software I prefer to use and feel comfortable with, and just do all my cropping there. So when you open the jpg, you're looking at 12 yellow circles. I just crop my photos in a circle and lay them on top of the yellow template circle. You might need to trial an error a little, but I like to be able to do all different pictures, not just the same one. I was told by Kopykake that they were suppose to come out with a new release allowing you to do that, but then they pulled it at the last minute.

Oh well...that's what I do. Good luck.

Thanks so much Lisa for all the info. You have really, REALLY, been a big help!!!!
Thanks,
Judy