Edible Prints #1: Edible Printers
Ok, so I bought an edible printer to do fun things like labels and things that require tiny text. ALthough it too me forever because I have always appreciated crafts and cakes that were made entirely with the hands:)
Well, so after 2 weeks of getting it, the prints were printing in odd colors and missing the magenta color entirely. I researched and found out that you need to keep the printer in use at least once a week.
My question, is it really worth the investment, not to mention the poor quality of the prints? And if that wasn’t enough, the edible paper is extremely expensive to which i have wasted 3 just trying to print correctly. I would print on normal paper which turn out ok but when i insert the icing paper right after, the printing is horrible…If you noticed my Vikings cake, I used the printer for the tickets but the purple was replaced totally with blue and so were the other colors…Another main things that is so annoying is the specs and how it is HIGH quality prints. Since day one, the quality has always annoyed me:(
I am more than disappointed with the quality from day one and now with how it is not working:(
The latest Canon is my printer…
Your thoughts anyone?
Ann
2 Comments
I was having the same problem with mine! I heard that you need to either print something once a week, or do a manual clean (Not sure what that means for your printer) if you aren’t going to be using it for a while, as the edible ink produces a build up in the mechanism…
The clean is pretty easy on mine, but it is disappointing with the way they advertise these things!
Hope things get better and you can enjoy it! :)
xxx
Robyn, Chocswirl, www.facebook.com/chocswirlcakes
Yes, I agree with Robyn! I finally got rid my edible printer. I did the cleaning a couple times which drained my ink and I kept changing ink so it was not worth keeping :( I DO NOT RECOMMEND unless you are going to use it continuously.
Good luck Ann!
