Getting the Color Right on Edible Images

Hi Jill!

I have the same printer and I used to have the same problem...prior to printing to the printer (I click "print" and when the print options come up, I click on the "print properties"), I have to change they "type" of paper that I am printing to (I change it to "other photo paper") which then changes the print quality to high photo resolution. That seemed to help with the problem. Not sure if that will help you, but it's worth a shot...Good luck!!! 

I have the same printer as well - actually my second one.  I couldn't get anything to print in any color except a shade of blue green.  I tried everything, changing settings, new inks but in the end it was the printer head that holds the cartridges.  I had someone look at it and they said it was not fixable so I ordered another printer.  You can see from the pictures that what I was trying to print was in shades of gray blue but I kept getting greens. I had already baked the cookies so I had to go with what I could print.

I have an Epson Stylus 415 something-or-other and have always had some minor color correction issues, especially when the ink cartridges were low or old. But never to the extent that you all seem to be having.

Are you sure you have the right/best color cartridges for that printer and the paper set to the type that is recommended for printing with food coloring? I use the Kopykake chart to determine what color cartridges to buy - and have generally had decent color success. Not perfect, but pretty good with minor adjustments in Photoshop.  http://www.kopykake.com/docume...PrinterInks-Xref.pdf

My bigger problems with this printer relate to the paper continually jamming . . .

Jaci (Ali's Sweet Tooth) probably has much better tips, since she seems to have had success with this particular Canon printer.

Julia, I didn't really think about the printer cartridges. I assumed that if you had a specific printer - you could only buy a specific cartridge to fit. In my case, I bought a 'combo' package where a set of "Inkedibles" cartridges came with the printer. I was thinking that maybe it was not the best ink - and maybe that was the problem. Maybe if I bought a different brand of ink to refill them - maybe that will help?? I don't know. (that was a lot of maybes)

TheTailoredCookie, I have changed the print setting (multiple times). I have it set to print at the highest quality - and I have noticed that choosing a different paper source does make a difference. (changing it from Matte Photo Paper to High Gloss Paper to Other Photo Paper) But I still can't get the colors anywhere close to what they are suppose to be.

This is all very frustrating because there is so much waste involved. You really can't test the pictures on regular paper - because it will show up differently when printed on the frosting sheets. I don't even want to think about how much money I've wasted printing out test sheets!

Mine was not clogged, it was not working.  There are printer connections on it and those were not working somehow. 

Don't forget... in whatever programm you make you picture

1. that what you see on your screen is Writing with light - 
   RGB (Red-Green-Blue)
2. that what you print is Writing with pigment/ink  - 
   CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-blacK)

If your monitor isn't calibrated or your picture is built up from RGB colors (which in most programms are standard), it will never be that what you want....did you view something what you saw at home on someone else's computer, try it, it looks very different. 

Coool!!

Topperoo (a company that provides edible image software) just published a very comprehensive post about troubleshooting this issue, as well as other printing problems. Check it out here: http://topperoo.com/blog/how-t...e-edible-ink-issues/