For an image to be edible it must be made from edible paper, ink, and using an edible printer. Once a regular inkjet printer has been used to print with regular ink cartridges (ink that is not deemed safe for consumption by the FDA) the printer is not safe to be used for edible printing.
Considering this, how do you make edible printer ink?
Pour an edible liquid into a heavy-bottomed saucepan and cover with a lid. Try using prune juice, red wine, beet juice or concord grape juice to create dark, edible ink that will stand out. Place the covered saucepan on a stove burner set to medium heat to bring it up to a boil.
Besides, is printing ink poisonous? Printer ink is not toxic to touch, although it goes without saying that it should not be inhaled. … Based on these ingredients, liquid printer ink is not toxic to the touch. The occasional spill when changing cartridges should not cause any alarm, and usually, the deep ink stain looks a lot worse than it is.