Patent ID: 6230073
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A01J,A23G,A23P,B41J

Abstract:
An apparatus for printing a visual image on a generally non-absorbent surface of a food item, the apparatus comprising:a computer;software executing on the computer for selectively creating a unique prototype of the food item;software executing on the computer for scanning an image to be printed;software executing on the computer for adjusting the image on the uniquely created prototype, so as to enable an operator to view an image of the food item with the image printed thereon;a production technological line operatively connected to the computer for manufacturing the food item the food item having a hardened, generally non-absorbent surface, the food item being shaped and sized in accordance with the prototype; anda printer connected to the computer and provided with software for directly printing the image on the hardened, non-absorbent surface of the food item.