Decorating system for edible items
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1. A system for printing images on edible base media, comprising:
- a plurality of local control devices, whereineach local control device is disposed at a business remotely located relative to a central server and each of the other local control devices, andeach local control device of the plurality of local control devices is operated by a different user of a plurality of users;
the central server including processing circuitry configured toreceive a plurality of print options and a plurality of images, wherein the print options and images are uploaded to the central server from the plurality of local control devices,access a unique code to determine whether a particular edible medium is authorized edible media by determining whether the user has exceeded an allocated number of prints corresponding to that particular edible media, andprepare, using the plurality of print options and the plurality of images, a plurality of print data sets; and
a plurality of edible media printers, each edible media printer being uniquely assigned to and in communication with a respective local control device of the plurality of local control devices, whereineach edible media printer is separate from its assigned local control device, andeach edible media printer is equipped with edible ink and specially configured to print on edible base media;
wherein each local control devices comprises processing circuitry configured to receive a print data set from the central server, andcause printing of edible ink by an assigned edible media printer of the plurality of edible media printers upon edible base media.
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Abstract
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to decorating and printing of an edible design on a printable base media based on a user selected image. A central control device may provide, to a remote computing device, a graphical user interface for reviewing images, receive, from the remote computing device via the graphical user interface, selection of an image, generate print data based on the selected image, and transmit the print data to the remote computing device for printing with an edible media printer equipped with edible ink.
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1. A system for printing images on edible base media, comprising:
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a plurality of local control devices, wherein each local control device is disposed at a business remotely located relative to a central server and each of the other local control devices, and each local control device of the plurality of local control devices is operated by a different user of a plurality of users; the central server including processing circuitry configured to receive a plurality of print options and a plurality of images, wherein the print options and images are uploaded to the central server from the plurality of local control devices, access a unique code to determine whether a particular edible medium is authorized edible media by determining whether the user has exceeded an allocated number of prints corresponding to that particular edible media, and prepare, using the plurality of print options and the plurality of images, a plurality of print data sets; and a plurality of edible media printers, each edible media printer being uniquely assigned to and in communication with a respective local control device of the plurality of local control devices, wherein each edible media printer is separate from its assigned local control device, and each edible media printer is equipped with edible ink and specially configured to print on edible base media; wherein each local control devices comprises processing circuitry configured to receive a print data set from the central server, and cause printing of edible ink by an assigned edible media printer of the plurality of edible media printers upon edible base media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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