Clipping mask problem

Hi help...I am new to Illustrator and CS6 and am trying to make a masked t-shirt design.
So far I have masked the lettering over a colour photo and it prints great.
But when I add an offset path to give a white border the original
photo outline although hidden still shows as a path...I have tried Googling the prob but found nothing associated.
I need to somehow copy the filled in masked lettering only, and add an offset path but lose the outline of the hidden area of the photo.
...any leads would be most appreciated.

...as far as i understand I need to put the cutcontour 1%magenta on a seperate layer...
It depends on the specific hardware/software combination you're using. It's not standardized. Just make yourself some notes, or consult the instructions (if any) about what worked, especially if it's only an occasional thing.
For example, one of my Rowland print/cut devices uses a software to drive it called Rowland ColorChoice. That program comes with an ai file containing spot color Swatches for each of its resin-based inks and a Swatch named CutContour which is colored 100% magenta. As I recall, I think its instructions also said something about the paths to be used as the cut paths should also be under a certain stroke weight.
But frankly, although I haven't tested it, I think it's really just going by the Swatch names, and the actual color and weight probably don't really matter.
I would also suspect that the stipulation in your setup for the cut paths to be on a separate Layer may be unnecessary. Regardless, it would be a simple thing to test.
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