Printing to CD & DVD

I have a Canon IP5200 which can print direct to CD & DVD's.
My current DVD's (Verbatim) have a printable area that goes in to about 21mm and I'd like to print that far if possible.
Is there a way to work round the minimum inner circle size of 33mm?
I guess it can be done with a bit of fiddling in Photoshop, but I'm concerned that I'll end up with ink spraying everywhere.

I've only used the Canon software that comes with the Canon printers.. using that, you can modify the printable area. It's a workaround, but it works.

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