How many cookies can I print with my Edible Ink Cartridge? (Eddie)

How many cookies can I print with my Edible Ink Cartridge? (Eddie)

Below is our complete guide to inkjet yields on Eddie edible ink!   See the attached pdf for example images and their estimated cost.

1. Your mileage may vary. The number of cookies you get out of any one cartridge depends on several variables, such as percentage of coverage, saturation, color matching profile chosen, graphics or photos (the latter requiring more ink), etc. All ink carts are filled exactly the same, so one that uses ink faster than another has nothing to do with the cartridge being "faulty," but entirely due to what it is you are printing.

2. Cookies printed one at a time will ALWAYS take more ink than those printed in batches. This is because the print head will clean itself -- i.e. spit some ink into the maintenance station -- after each print "job." If you key in just one cookie, it prints and then cleans. If you key in 50 cookies, it will clean only when it needs to do so, which is a variable that you can set in Advanced Settings. Default is 30.

3. Ink cartridge life can last far beyond "LOW." Many users report getting hundreds of extra cookies after they get the low ink warning. So, don't change the cart until you see a color shift! That way, you'll get the most use out of your ink carts.

4. Printing one color affects cartridge life. If you print hundreds and hundreds of cookies that use a lot of one of the cyan, magenta, or yellow colors, you'll get fewer cookies out of that cartridge than if you printed cookies with a more even amount of each color on each one. Just make sure that you adjust your pricing, and your expectations, if you are printing, for example, 1000 all-blue logo cookies.

5. The ink cost estimator is just an estimate! It is counting down "spits" of ink, not actually sensing how much ink is in the tank. Also, it counts down in 10% increments, not 1%. So, when you see your ink cart go from 50% to 40%, you didn't suddenly use 10% of the ink on one cookie! You are more than likely went from 46% to 45%, which is then only DISPLAYED as 40%.

6. Store the cartridge in the printer, and leave the printer powered on. Finally, you should NEVER take an opened cartridge out of Eddie’s carrier holder and let it be exposed to air. The nozzles WILL clog, and maybe even crust over with dried ink. Keep any opened carts installed until they are empty. Another important part of keeping Eddie’s ink carts healthy is to ALWAYS leave the printer plugged in and turned on. That will allow the printer to do its automated maintenance routine, which spits a very small amount of ink into the maintenance station every x number of hours. It then re-caps the nozzles with an air-tight seal. Air is the enemy of inkjet nozzles, so this last step is critical to reliable, maintenance-free operation.

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