The invention relates to a method for operating a food printer, and also to a food printer having a mounting apparatus which is designed to mount the food printer in a treatment compartment of a domestic appliance, in particular in a cooking compartment of a domestic oven and/or in a refrigeration compartment of a domestic refrigerator, and the invention relates to a domestic appliance, in particular a domestic oven and/or a domestic refrigerator, having an electrical interface which is designed to electrically connect a food printer of this kind to the domestic appliance, in particular to the domestic oven and/or to the domestic refrigerator, and/or to actuate said food printer.