Claims
- 1. A method of decorating a foodstuff comprising printing a decoration onto an edible web with an ink jet printer and thereafter placing the edible web on the foodstuff to thereby decorate same.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising forming the edible web on a substrate before printing the decoration thereon, and separating the edible web from the substrate after printing the decoration thereon.
- 3. The method of claim 1 further comprising printing with edible ink.
- 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising forming an opaque edible web before printing the decoration thereon.
- 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising forming the opaqe edible web on a substrate before printing the decoration thereon, and separating the opaque edible web from the substrate after printing the decoration thereon.
- 6. The method of claim 1 further comprising marking the edible substrate with an additional decoration after printing the decoration thereon.
- 7. A method of decorating an edible material comprising printing a decoration onto the edible material with an ink jet printer to thereby decorate same.
- 8. The method of claim 7 further comprising placing the edible material on an underlying support before printing the decoration thereon.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein the edible material is an edible web, the method further comprising separating the edible web from the support after printing the decoration thereon.
- 10. The method of claim 7 further comprising printing with edible ink.
- 11. The method of claim 7 further comprising forming an opaque edible material before printing the decoration thereon.
- 12. The method of claim 11 further comprising forming the opaqe edible material on a support before printing the decoration thereon.
- 13. The method of claim 12 further comprising separating the opaque edible material from the substrate after printing the decoration thereon.
- 14. The method of claim 1 further comprising marking the edible material with an additional decoration after printing the decoration thereon.
- 15. A decorated foodstuff comprising:
a foodstuff; an edible web decorated with an edible ink image printed thereon with an ink jet printer, the decorated web being on the foodstuff whereby to decorate the foodstuff.
- 16. The decorated foodstuff of claim 15, the web being opaque.
- 17. An edible material decorated with an edible ink image printed thereon with an ink jet printer.
- 18. The edible material of claim 17, the edible material being opaque.
- 19. The edible material of claim 17 being on a support.
- 20. The edible material of claim 19, the edible material being defined by a web having the printed decoration thereon, the support being a substrate removably supporting the web.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of my copending U.S. application Ser. Nos. 08/088,125 filed Jul. 7, 1993 and 08/471,761 filed Jun. 6, 1995 (which is a divisional of aforesaid application Ser. No. 08/088,125), both entitled Edible Film and Method of Using Same for Decorating Foodstuffs, and the disclosures of both of which are hereby incorporated herein in their entireties.
Divisions (1)
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08088125 |
Jul 1993 |
US |
Child |
08471761 |
Jun 1995 |
US |
Continuations (2)
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09122262 |
Jul 1998 |
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10445779 |
May 2003 |
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08471761 |
Jun 1995 |
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09122262 |
Jul 1998 |
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