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Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

kombine — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 03:26:21 GMT

OK, so I have been successful in doing this with every other printer that supports disc printing but I can not for the life of me figure it out on the pixma pro-200. I have tried setting up the custom media, PP&L, etc and even software from the pixma pro-100 knowing it wouldnt work but thought maybe I would see something I am missing that worked on the 100. Has anyone had any success with this? Im not sure if its just me and I dont see something or is this a bug in canon software?? No matter what I try to do It always still prints in the shape of the disc. Cutting off corners of my PVC Card and not printing where the centre circle is. Has anyone had any success or know what theyre doing more than me?

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

shadowsports — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 14:51:51 GMT

Greetings,

If you tell the printer you are loading a CD, it will print in this format. There isn't a way to "trick" it to do something differently.

Any printing capability you've achieved should be considered luck.

I suggest you look at brainstormidsupplydotcom

I see over 25 Canon printer models are supported.. Pro10 and 100 too.. one of their kits may support the Pro200, but I haven't confirmed this. Amazon sells their products too.

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

kombine — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:36:19 GMT

Please do not reply if you don't know what you are talking about and have nothing to help me with my issue. You are very wrong. I am in contact with brainstorm already yes thank you.

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

Stephen — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:45:16 GMT

@kombine wrote:
Please do not reply if you don't know what you are talking about and have nothing to help me with my issue. You are very wrong. I am in contact with brainstorm already yes thank you.

Hello.

Welcome to the Canon Community Forums.

You are encouraged to re-read the Forum Guidelines and pay close attention to the "Participation" section.

This is your first and final warning.

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

shadowsports — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:54:49 GMT

@kombine wrote:
Please do not reply if you don't know what you are talking about and have nothing to help me with my issue. You are very wrong. I am in contact with brainstorm already yes thank you.

Somehow I was suppose to know or guess that you were using a 3rd party media holder and templates with your printer?

You never mentioned that, how could I possibly know.

Good luck with it.

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

Cheryl-Sunman — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:50:44 GMT

Hi Kombine, just curious if you ever found a solution. Im having the same issue.

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

kombine — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:05:05 GMT

I never did sadly.... was very disappointing

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

CliffB — Mon, 05 Sep 2022 20:18:41 GMT

I have a similar problem but it's with the Multiple-purpose tray for CD printing I cannot find on the printer a option for multi-purpose or CD and when I select that option in my print window the printer then get's hung up stating there is not paper in the paper feeder even though I am trying to print to the multi purpose tray?

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

Bigdad — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:56:34 GMT

Unfortunately, it is not possible, with one very harsh exception, and you're not gonna like the idea. I am a professional id card enthusiast, and I do know what I am talking about. Firstly, the canon pixma pro 200 has the CD area printable by firmware and cannot be expanded past those dimensions, hence the cut-out on the card. I've come up with a really far chance solution that you could print one half (or more) and flip card and print remaining (with a little layover). I know this is a far stretch and I wish there was a better solution, with the exception of trading that printer for the pro 100, which is superior in that family of printers. I know this is an old post, and hopefully will help others in future.

Re: Pixma Pro-200 Using MP Tray to print PVC ID Cards!?

printmaster73 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:32:07 GMT

i have the same issue on the prograf 310. the problem is that on my older canon printer the disc tray was the paper size and you could print on the whole surface of the tray, on the prograf the tray is not recognised as paper size and the printer hase fixed margins. solution is that someone has to make a paper info file for pvc card (mp tray) but i think that canon doesnot want that.