Edible Printing at Volume: IMAGO Food Printers for Hotels, Restaurants and Caterers
IMAGO prints full colour, photographic artwork directly onto chocolate, macarons, cookies and cakes with 100% edible ink. No transfer sheets, no wafer paper and no drying time. It is built for kitchens that produce at volume, and PRO TECHnology has customers in the region running these machines up to 23 hours a day for three years with only one or two technical service visits.
- Prints on
- Chocolate, macarons, cookies, cakes and other flat confectionery surfaces
- Bed size
- 60 x 40 cm, printed in around 35 seconds
- Per item speed
- Macaron around 2 seconds, chocolate around 5, cookies around 10
- Large formats
- A 30 cm cake takes around one minute
- Consumable cost
- Around 1 AED per full 60 x 40 cm bed
- Ink
- 100% fully edible ink, printed directly with no transfer foil or wafer paper
- Certification
- Halal certified, Kosher certified, vegan, FDA approved and IFS compliant
- Field reliability
- Customers running up to 23 hours a day for three years, one to two service visits
- Models
- IMAGO Vulpes Pro and Amber CF-40.63, differing in bed size and speed per bed
- Built in
- Poland, supplied and supported regionally by PRO TECHnology
- Demo
- Bring your own product to the Dubai showroom and watch it print
- Contact
- +971 4 343 5501, sales@protech.ae
Speed that survives a banqueting service
A hotel pastry section does not fail on print quality, it fails on throughput at 6pm. IMAGO prints a full 60 x 40 cm bed in around 35 seconds, which is what makes personalised dessert service possible at banqueting volume rather than only for VIP tables.
35 seconds per full bed
A 60 x 40 cm bed prints in around 35 seconds, so a tray of pieces is decorated in a single short cycle.
About 2 seconds a macaron
Macarons print in around two seconds each, chocolates in about five and cookies in about ten.
A 30 cm cake in a minute
Larger formats stay practical: a 30 cm cake surface prints in around one minute.
No drying, no transfer
Printing is direct onto the product, so there is no transfer sheet to apply and no drying stage before plating.
Photographic quality on an edible surface
The output is a true photographic print, not a flat logo. That is what lets a kitchen sell character licences, guest photographs, brand artwork and event graphics as a premium item rather than a novelty.
Full colour photographic
Faces, gradients and fine detail reproduce cleanly, which a stencil or a stamped logo cannot achieve.
100% edible ink
Ink is fully edible and printed straight onto the product, so nothing is peeled off before eating.
Personalisation at the table
Guest names, room numbers, wedding dates and corporate logos can be produced per cover rather than per batch.
Consistent across a run
Every piece matches the last, which matters when a banquet plates hundreds of identical desserts.
Reliability is the number that actually matters
A dessert printer that stops during service is worse than not having one. The strongest argument for IMAGO in this region is not the spec sheet, it is the service record: customers running the machine up to 23 hours a day for three years with only one or two technical visits.
23 hours a day, three years
Regional customers run these machines close to continuously, which is the real test for a production kitchen.
One to two service visits
Across that period the machines needed only one or two technical interventions, so service cost stayed predictable.
Supported from Dubai
Installation, operator training, edible inks and service are handled regionally rather than shipped to Europe.
Food safety certified
Halal certified, Kosher certified, vegan, FDA approved and IFS compliant, which hotel procurement will ask for.
Where it pays back in a hospitality operation
The machine earns its place when personalisation becomes a sellable line rather than a favour. At around one dirham of ink per full bed, the cost per decorated piece is small against what a personalised dessert or branded amenity is worth.
Banqueting and weddings
Dated, named and themed desserts for large functions, produced in house instead of outsourced.
Hotel amenities and VIP
Welcome chocolates carrying the guest name, the property brand or an occasion message.
Corporate and National Day
Company logos, National Day artwork and event branding on chocolate for corporate gifting runs.
Retail and patisserie counters
Seasonal and licensed designs on a counter range, changed as often as the artwork file changes.
Frequently asked questions
Can you print directly onto chocolate?
Yes. IMAGO confectionery printers print full colour artwork directly onto chocolate using 100% edible ink, with no transfer foil and no wafer paper. A chocolate piece takes around five seconds, and a full 60 x 40 cm bed prints in around 35 seconds.
How fast is an edible printer for a busy kitchen?
A full 60 x 40 cm bed prints in around 35 seconds. Individually, a macaron takes around two seconds, a chocolate around five seconds, a cookie around ten seconds, and a 30 cm cake surface around one minute. That is fast enough to personalise desserts at banqueting volume rather than only for individual orders.
How reliable are these machines in continuous production?
PRO TECHnology has customers in the region running IMAGO machines up to 23 hours a day for three years, and across that period the machines required only one or two technical service visits. For a hotel or production kitchen, that predictability matters more than peak specification.
Is the ink safe, halal and suitable for hotels?
The ink is 100% fully edible. IMAGO printing is halal certified, kosher certified, vegan, FDA approved and IFS compliant, which covers the food safety documentation hotel and catering procurement teams normally request.
What does edible printing cost to run?
Ink cost is around one dirham per full 60 x 40 cm printed bed. Against the selling price of a personalised dessert, a branded amenity chocolate or a corporate gifting run, the consumable cost per decorated piece is small.
Which IMAGO model suits a hotel or restaurant?
IMAGO offers the Vulpes Pro and the Amber CF-40.63. Both print directly onto the product, and the difference is bed size and speed per bed, which is what decides output per shift. PRO TECHnology will size the model against your covers and service pattern.
Can we test it on our own product before buying?
Yes. Bring your own chocolate, macarons or dessert and your artwork to the PRO TECHnology showroom in Dubai, and the machine will print your product in front of you before any purchase decision.
الطباعة على الشوكولاتة والحلويات في الإمارات: طابعات IMAGO للفنادق والمطاعم
تطبع أنظمة IMAGO البولندية صورًا وتصاميم ملونة كاملة مباشرة على الشوكولاتة والماكرون والكوكيز والكيك بحبر صالح للأكل بنسبة 100٪، دون ورق أرز أو ورق ترانسفير ودون وقت تجفيف. تُطبع صينية كاملة بمقاس 60×40 سم خلال نحو 35 ثانية، أما القطعة الواحدة فتستغرق نحو ثانيتين للماكرون وخمس ثوانٍ للشوكولاتة وعشر ثوانٍ للكوكيز، ودقيقة تقريبًا لكيكة قطرها 30 سم، بتكلفة حبر تقارب درهمًا واحدًا للصينية الكاملة. الأهم للمطابخ الإنتاجية هو الاعتمادية: لدى بروتكنولوجي عملاء في المنطقة يشغّلون الماكينة حتى 23 ساعة يوميًا وعلى مدى ثلاث سنوات، ولم تحتج سوى زيارة أو زيارتين فنيتين فقط. الطباعة حاصلة على شهادة حلال وشهادة كوشر، ونباتية، ومعتمدة من إدارة الغذاء والدواء الأمريكية، ومتوافقة مع معيار IFS، وهي الوثائق التي تطلبها إدارات المشتريات في الفنادق. تناسب طباعة شعار الشركة على الشوكولاتة، وهدايا اليوم الوطني والمناسبات المؤسسية، وتوزيعات الأعراس والمناسبات، وأمينيتيز الفنادق باسم الضيف، وواجهات محلات الحلويات. يمكنكم إحضار منتجكم وتصميمكم إلى صالة العرض في دبي لطباعته أمامكم قبل الشراء، مع التركيب والتدريب والأحبار والصيانة من داخل المنطقة.
Bring your dessert. We will print it.
Bring your own chocolate, macarons or cake and your artwork to our Dubai showroom and watch an IMAGO print it. Then we will size the right model against your covers, your service times and your volumes.