Can't change my paper settings to print from Photoshop cs4 printer Epson

I've been trying for hours/days to get my printer to print a custom paper size for greetings cards to my Epson printer via the rear feed. I know it can be done because a friend helped me with it in the past but the setting did not save and they cant remember how they did it. I've been looking on forums and help on the internet but the settings people are saying to use are not available on my Photoshop.

I'm not using CS4 or an Epson (Canon and CS6), but is there a Print Settings option in which you can set a custom size?
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