A system for creating a decorative edible item from a selected image. The system
includes at least one image source, such as a scanner and/or a library of stored
images, a controller unit and a printer. An edible media is inserted into the printer.
The user then selects the image source, such as the scanner for scanning in a photograph
reminiscence of a person or event being honored. The size of the printed image
is then selected as well as the number of copies to be printed from the image.
The print sequence is then activated. The controller unit applies color correction
to the digital image and converts the digital image into printer control signals
to operate the printer. The printer then prints a rendition of the image with edible
inks as the edible media travels through the printer. A high-quality pictorial
rendition of the image is thus created. The printed edible media can then be applied
onto a product, shipped to a separate location or eaten as is.
