Centering photos when printing

How can I get photos to print centered on photo paper when using borders?  I always end up with a large area on either the right or the bottom, no matter what I do.  They print this way even if they show fine in Preview.  Very puzzled.  Thanks.

Check your paper feed that the paper guides are tight, for the best alignment. Unless you have a borderless printer, there will always be one edge where the gripper grabs the paper where you cannot print as far up to the edge.
Ifyou do have a borderlss printer, you might want to turn on borderless printing as in the last screen shots of this post.
http://www.thehybridchick.com/borderless-printing/

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