Can't get iPhoto to print correct size photo

I have iPhoto 09.   I have two 4 x 6 photos I want to print, one on top of the other, with a 1 1/4 outside border all around and a 1/2 space in between them.  I'm printing on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of photo paper.
I did this several months ago and it worked fine.  Now I'm trying to print the same arrangement, but can't get the sizing right.  I don't remember exactly how I constructed the above layout but assumed that I printed it as a two-photo contact sheet.  But now when I do it that way, the photos end up cropped and approximately 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 (instead of 4 x 6) and top/bottom borders of 1 3/4 instead of 1 1/4.   The L-R borders are now at 1 1/2 instead of 1 1/4.  The 1/2 space in between them remains correct.
Can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?   Thanks. 

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