Hey I am debating on getting the Canon printer and edible ink setup and was reading all the threads about it. I would love to see what you all have done with yours! I do cookies and cakes and cupcakes and am so excited to try this out! Plus, seeing all these pics may help convince my DH that it will be worth it!
So, bring on the pics! You all are so creative! 
melvira, how could you eat your baby like that? 
Hey I am debating on getting the Canon printer and edible ink setup and was reading all the threads about it. I would love to see what you all have done with yours! I do cookies and cakes and cupcakes and am so excited to try this out! Plus, seeing all these pics may help convince my DH that it will be worth it!
So, bring on the pics! You all are so creative!
I have bought and worn out 2 printers so far 
But I did this one years ago (1999) 
Yikes that was a long time ago.. it was a lot of fun...
melvira, how could you eat your baby like that?
Puh-leeeeease! He's so sweet I could eat him up without the icing! I tell him all the time that he's so sweet I could spread him on toast. This kid is NOT going to have self esteem issues when he grows up. 
slb1956, I know exacty what you mean! Sometimes it can be a real task to find images to use, but once you find some good ones, you can really go to town on them. I find that a scanner is a great companion with the printer because I like to use wallpaper, scrapbooking papers, fabrics, all that sort of stuff to get fun images for cakes. You can also scan other things, or take digital pictures of stuff... ok, I am pointing out the obvious here... sorry. I am just such an advocate of this 'art' form. You can do great stuff with it, and it can help you create neat things quickly, especially for last minute orders... they don't HAVE to LOOK last minute!
I just bought a Cannon IP 3500 and tried it out last night it is so nice to have this system. I know I will get alot of use out of it. I did the grim reaper to go on a cake for a co worker. So much fun. Where do you all get your frosting sheets?
I cannot stress enough, www.icingimages.com is the BOMB!! They are the nicest people, have a good product, competitively priced, quick shipping, and customer service, customer service, customer service! I don't even buy THAT much stuff compared to a larger bakery, but they even sent me an Xmas card with a discount coupon. They ROCK!! A friend sent me a pack of KopyKake paper as a thank you gift and it's ok, but I still like icing images better!
I drew it in photoshop, then printed it for the bow. I liked it!
It's all about being creative. You can do alot with an edible image. I just bought my printer recently but my favorite is the beer can in my pics. http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=773153
If I had an edible image printer, this is what I'd like to be doing with it. Isn't this awesome!!! I love this cake.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bettyssugardreams/2218822670/
The edible printers are awesome. I like the epson best. It has excellent quality. Just one problem. The printer head is not removable and if you get a clogg that can't be handled through deep cleaning then you have to buy a whole another system.
Aare all you guys bakers or just home bodies like me that love to bake cakes?
I just discovered a website for FREE downloadable scrapbook papers. That would be awesome for decorating cakes with edible images.
www.scrapbookscrapbook.com
Once I found out I could do this, there was no stopping me!!!!
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kris 813....your cake is amazing. Can I ask how you did that without any seems showing? Did you place a rectangular piece of edible image around the side and then a circular piece on top? How did you measure around the cake and get the right length for the edibe image? Anything you could tell would be great. I really want to try this! Thanks
I purchased a printer a few weeks ago but have not used it yet. Do I need to put the images on white icing or can it be on colored icing?
You need to print on white icing sheets which can be purchased from www.icingimages.com They don't make colored sheets, as the inks woudl not show up well.
kris 813....your cake is amazing. Can I ask how you did that without any seems showing? Did you place a rectangular piece of edible image around the side and then a circular piece on top? How did you measure around the cake and get the right length for the edibe image? Anything you could tell would be great. I really want to try this! Thanks
That is exactly right!!! I do have seams, but after I put the image on and give it a few minutes to blend in with the buttercream, I use the paper towel method.
I have a Cannon MP with the scanner. I really like it - great photo quality. And the print heads are removeable. We've had to clean them a few times. The only drawback is that my particular printer has electronic chips on the tank cartridges. They register how much ink is in the tank. And, once the tank is empty, the chip has to be reset. No problem, except that Cannon doesn't make a chip resetter 
so it has to be done manually which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.
kris - I've PM'd you!!
Crablegs - Colored frosting may bleed through the frosting sheet and distort your picture. I airbrush a lot of color on and the frosting sheet just pulls it right up and absorbs it. I once ended up with a pink horse!
If you want to put it on fondant, just lightly mist or brush the fondant with water or piping gel and then apply the image
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