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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 printe

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.

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We claim: 1. A system for enabling a consumer to submit custom image data for printing of a custom image directly on a non-planar surface of each one of a plurality of sugar shell candies or jellybeans comprising:a computer, adapted to communicate with a consumer's computer and enable the consumer's

We claim: 1. A system for enabling a consumer to submit custom image data for printing of a custom image directly on a non-planar surface of each one of a plurality of sugar shell candies or jellybeans comprising:a computer, adapted to communicate with a consumer's computer and enable the consumer's computer to communicate custom image data over a network;a drop-on-demand ink jet printer having a reservoir for holding dispersed pigmented inks which is integrated with a print head and adapted to receive the custom image data from the computer and print directly on a non-planar surface of each one of said plurality of sugar shell candies or jellybeans a high quality image having a resolution greater than 200 dpi that corresponds to the received custom image data in the manufacture of personalized sugar shell candies or jellybeans; anda conveyor for holding and conveying said plurality of sugar shell candies or jellybeans transiently past a print head at an angle perpendicular to the print head of the ink jet printer during printing in a single pass to obtain a printed image having resolution greater than 200 dpi.