Abstract: A food imprinting cassette means comprising a flexible image imprintable foodstuff sheet attached to a support means for said sheet of foodstuff, a transfer sheet having an edible coloring material coated on the side of the transfer sheet facing the food sheet with said transfer sheet attached to a peripheral frame which in turn is releasably attached to the support means. The coloring material being transferable to the food sheet when pressure from a stylus is applied to the transfer sheet.

Abstract: In an apparatus for reproducing images onto foodstuffs or the like, and the process for performing such operation, a housing includes the various electronic controls for sequencing the operations of the apparatus, a turntable for holding the especially prepared foodstuff or sheet upon which the image is to be scribed is located upon the turntable, a supporting device disposed for uniform rotation with the turntable holds the photograph or other pictorial member from which the image for reproduction is derived, the combination of light and optical members for illuminating and visually directing the reproducible image to the photosensitive means that cooperates in combination with the electronic controls for precisely manipulating an electromechanical or electronic scribing instrument for either directly or through transfer paper a reproducing of a facsimile of the pictorial image directly onto the foodstuff or the like; the foodstuff or related composition upon which the image is reproduced may comprise a fibr