Edible Print - Cupcake and Cookie Toppers Layout • Edible Print Montreal

Icing Sheet Prints

I always recommend buying your printed cake topper as near to your event as possible.
Once printed, cake toppers are at their best when used within 2 – 3 weeks. Up to 4 weeks if kept in it’s original heat-sealed bag.

Keep your frosting sheet in its original heat-sealed reclosable bag until you are ready to use it.  Once cut open, use immediately.
Store remaining parts of the unused decal in the same reclosable bag to prevent drying.
Store your image on a flat surface in a cool, dry location away from direct light to avoid fading.
Do not store in the freezer or refrigerator.

Wafer Paper Prints

Edible Wafer Paper prints and decorations will last a long time, for up to a year, if kept sealed in a zip-lock bag, away from direct light and humidity.
Some curling may occur in high humid conditions. It does not affect the taste, freshness or performance however.

BEST WAY TO WORK WITH A SHEET OF ROUND CUPCAKE/COOKIE TOPPERS (from personal experience):
Cupcakes and Cookie toppers are round most of the times. Many people use scissors to cut them out one by one first, then apply to product or a layer of thinly rolled fondant, then cut again… Too much of a hassle! 🙂
Try doing the following: roll out a very thin (thickness of 1-3 post cards) sheet of fondant or a mixture of fondant and Tylose powder/ gum paste (even better!). Apply the entire printed sheet on to it carefully removing air bubbles if any. Let it sit for 5 min to merge completely. Then take a cookie cutter of the same diameter as your circles and cut through both layers at once. The thinner your fondant is rolled, the crispier the cut line will be. And no, it will not affect the taste or texture much.
You may now apply your cutouts to baked product, or leave them to dry for an hour or overnight to become more rigid and hold shape better. You may even place them upright on top of your cupcakes!

You may Pick-up your order or ask for Shipping.

Minimum order is 1 full page, regardless of how small of an area your image may take on it.

However, if your image size allows, I can place it 2 times on the page so you may have a spare copy of it.

If, however, you have any problems or difficulties submitting your print request via the web site, you may directly email me your files along with the following info in the same email:

• • your full name
  • your phone number
  • detailed print instructions
  • delivery method:
    • pick-up by Appointment: day and exact time (no “noon”, or “around 1 pm”, please)
    • or Door pick-up: 24/7, no appointment
    • or shipping address

Email to: edibleprintmontreal@NOSPAMkeyartstudio.com (remove NOSPAM* to get the right address)
*This is a protective measure against email collecting bots. The correct email should look like the following when you remove NOSPAM

Otherwise, please do submit your print request via the web site.

You may downoad my Full Page PDF template if you are creating the print file yourself.

If you send me your own ready to print PDF file of the right print size, I really don’t care how many images you fit onto it (example: cupcake toppers – you may fit several circles onto 1 page and send me your ready to print file).

I accept PDF, JPG or PNG files only and will NOT print from Word, PowerPoint or any other file format.

If you are familiar with creating a PDF file with images, you should be good, because this is the best file format for printing. It respects exact  size and position of all design elements.

You can use any image editing software you are familiar with, downoad my Full Page PDF template with safety margins, open it in your software and place anything you want within page limits. Then save your file and upload.

Saving your PDF without size reduction at 300 dpi resolution is best: File → Save as → PDF Compression: do not downsample.

If you are using Adobe Illustrator, please do not forget to do the following before you save your file:

1. Select all your placed images one by one and click Embed to ensure that they will be attached to your saved file.
   
2. If you are adding any text to your image, select all of it, choose Type→Create Outlines.
   Illustrator gives you the opportunity to change text into outlines or artwork. Basically, you change the text into an object, so you can no longer edit that text by typing. The plus side is that it saves you the trouble of sending fonts to everyone who wants to use the file.

Here is why:

Most of the images found online are licensed or copyright protected. If I offer you those images, it would be equal of me selling them along with my services. I provide printing and layout/minor alterations services only and can not legally offer, provide or sell any copyright protected or licensed image as a product.

By uploading your image, you as a customer take full responsibility for obtaining all copyright and the authorization to use the image. 

I can, however, help you to find good quality images for uploads:

When googling for images, find the largest ones you can.
Remember: I can always make your image smaller, but I can’t make a small image larger or improve it’s quality.

So here is how to find larger image files quickly:

On your computer browser Google Image Search displays the size of each image in pixels.

You may now calculate how many pixels your image should be for a particular print size, or if the size of an image you found will be enough to print it in the size you want.

FINISHED CAKE STORAGE
Once your image is applied to a cake, you may then store it in a dry (home) fridge.
Commercial humid walk-in fridges may cause colors to run, so you may want to place your cake inside a cardboard box to keep extra humidity away and absorb any potential condensation.

Edible Print Montreal (Key Art Studio Cakes) cannot be responsible for the print care, storage and transportation once the print was given to the customer.

If the customer follows the instructions provided no problems should occur.

ICING /FROSTING SHEET APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS >>>

There are also many useful video tutorials online you can easily find and learn from.

When placing your order, please, do not forget to let me know exactly what shape (round or rectangular) and how large you want your image to be printed because there is no such thing as a standard cake size. I am also not able to suggest which size print you need based on the number of cake servings.

You can always measure the cake top area yourself or ask the bakery to do this for you.