Need to remove outer mask on CD for Canon TS8220

[raindropworks]

I have a Brainstorm ID card printer MP (amazon link https://amz.cx/3TIN) that I've historically used just fine with my TS8220 in Windows with the stock Canon drivers, but I'm running into problems with Linux/TurboPrint. It's masking the outside corners of the print because it's beyond what a normal CD would be size-wise. Ideally I'd be able to use a borderless option since my card making suite is designed around edge-to-edge printing with bleed functions (I just wipe the excess ink off the MP tray between prints), but borderless is greyed out, normal is throwing errors on the printer about being misconfigured, and I've even tried making hand edits to the printer page configuration in nano.

I'm comfortable enough digging into config files if I need to to find a way to get this working, I'd just really rather not have to have a dedicated windows system just to print cards a few times a year

[zedonet]

Hello, please try the following:

Edit the file

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/usr/share/turboprint/printers/Canon_PIXMA_TS8200series.tpp

in a text editor and look for the section

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[Size20]
Name=CD Printable
Sizeid="custom_canon_disc_120x120mm"
Size=4724,4724
Borderless=0
CDMask=1380,4680
Margins=0,0,0,1
Param=0,0,0,0

Add a new section

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[Size21]
Name=CD Printable no mask
Sizeid="custom_canon_disc_120x120mm"
Size=4724,4724
Borderless=0
Margins=0,0,0,1
Param=0,0,0,0

without the line "CDMask".

Finally, from a Terminal window, enter

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sudo tpsetup --update

Then you should see a new page size "CD Printable no mask" in the application print dialog.

[raindropworks]

It does appear to be behaving better now. I just have to make sure I manually set the no mask each time. Thank you!

That said, I'm having issues with saturation issues where the colors are washed out (and black looks more like dark grey). I've tried telling it to use glossy CD as well as standard CD (as these are PVC cards that are being printed on) and I can't really see a difference. Meanwhile, printing from Windows using the stock driver is giving sharp color and deep black

[zedonet]

Strange, I have no explanation yet. You can adjust the brightness setting, but this probably won't make black any darker. Did you have the problem ("Colors are washed out") already before you removed the CD mask?