If you're one of those obsessive people that follows every little hardware release for the Mac, you probably already know that Lexmark recently introduced its first Mac-compatible inkjet printer, the Z52. Furthermore, if you've got a mind for detail retention beyond the means of most mere mortals (or, say, people with actual lives), you might even be able to rattle off some of that model's specs, like 2400x1200 dpi resolution, an engine that can churn out up to 15 black-printed pages per minute (7 pages in color), and even an Accu-Feed™ paper handling system that can handle "a wide range of paper from envelopes to transparencies and everything in between." But we'll wage dollars to doughnuts that you didn't realize that the Z52 also prints on foodstuffs.

Yup, that's right-- you can print on food, provided it's relatively flat and includes a certain level of structural integrity. See, faithful viewer Carter Adler wrote in to point out a Lexington Herald-Leader article about the new Z52, which mentions in passing that "a couple of years ago at a press briefing in Cancun, Mexico, a tortilla was fed through a Z-line printer to demonstrate the 'jam-proof' Accu-Feed paper-handling system. It worked." Now, once you've finished your little thought about how marketing people sure lead tough lives, traveling all the way to Cancun just to print on a tortilla, consider the implications, here: we Mac users finally have a printer that can print on flatbread. We don't mind telling you people, we at AtAT were this close to getting a PC for our studios solely for the purpose of churning out photo-quality prints on tortillas for our "Eat 'n' Read" burrito series.

And so, thanks to Lexmark, when it comes to printing on tortillas, we Mac users are no longer second-class citizens. Now if you'll excuse us, we've got a business plan to work on. We can't tell you too much about it, but you know how occasionally the tabloids freak out over the image of Jesus or Mary or Elvis appearing in a flour tortilla? All we can say is, Ka-ching!!

(Addendum for the ironically-challenged: printer ink may or may not be toxic; we don't know and we don't particularly care. In any case it's probably not good for you when taken internally. This was a joke. Don't go making yourself sick by chowing down on burritos bearing your home-printed images of religious icons or hip-wiggling rock stars. You've been warned.)