Black stripe printing problem

I am using LR4.4 on a 32 bit Win7 platform with 8gig of physical ram and a Canon IPF6300 printer. I have previously printed large photos up to A1 size without a problem. I have been trying to print a particular photo to A2 size but a 75mm wide black stripe is printed as a band across the photo. I have tried various things to improve available memory etc but have not been able to produce a successful print. At times the printer does not react at all and I have to close LR, re-open it and reprint. This latter problem occurred previously from time to time. I am able to print 2 A3 side by side successfully. I would appreciate some direction as to what is happening and whether there is a solution.

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