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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Neil A. Willcocks, Brentwood, TN (US);
Arun V. Shastry, Franklin, TN (US);
Thomas M. Collins, Nazareth, PA (US);
Alfred V. Camporini, Hackettstown, NJ (US);
James M. Suttle, Franklin, TN (US);
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of printing high resolution images on edible substrates with dispersed pigmented inks using a drop-on-demand ink-jet printer. Dispersed pigmented white inks useful with the inventive methods are also disclosed. White images having a resolution greater than 200 dpi can be printed on chocolate using the methods and inks disclosed herein. The inventive methods and inks may also be integrated with a consumer-driven site vending or e-commerce application in which the consumer provides the image to be printed and edibles bearing the printed image are prepared for rapid turnaround.