Food product platform for food product printer

A system for printing on a surface of a plurality of food products, the system comprising:

• a printer configured to print on a food product surface;
• a receiving arm supported by the printer and extendable and retractable across a path of a print head of the printer and positioned to extend from the printer and retract into the printer to receive one of the plurality of food products and deliver one of the plurality of food products to a position below the print head and to return the one of the plurality of food products after the food product has been printed on;
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• one or more platforms removably connectable with the receiving arm and the one or more platforms each having a food product support surface such that the one or more platforms provide interchangeable food product support surfaces and where more than one platform is provided the platforms have the same or different dimensions, surface topographies, or combinations thereof, and
• wherein the one or more platforms each comprise one or more tabs and a wall opposite the one or more tabs with a space between the one or more tabs and the wall, the space having dimensions sufficient to receive the receiving arm therein and wherein the one or more tabs and the wall securely support the platform on the receiving arm such that the platform is movable with a receiving arm movement.