Canon Pixma MG5320 direct-to-CD printing blacks blurry, all other printing is fine. What's going on?

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clay wrote:
... But because I didn't have much luck finding anything, I'm led to believe that it might just be an issue isolated to my printer.

you said "Just picked up one of these printers primarily for direct CD printing." so I would just try to exchange it if possible.