Deskjet 2540 6x4 photo printing not centreing image

I'm trying to print a photo in 6x4 size on this printer and every printer software we use seems to insert a huge border but only on one side of the page so the image is not centred. Any idea how we change this? Screen shot of the print preview below showing the wonky border spacing.
I've tried the pit to page tick box, I've tried editing the photo to insert a white border at the opposite side to the photo to try and move the image centrally but that didn't work and the border to the right remained the same size.
Please help!

Hi Jackettspud,
The HP Deskjet 2540 does not support borderless printing, its minimum bottom margins on Windows are 14.5 mm (0.57 inches).
(The bottom border appear to the right due the page orientation, this is actually the bottom margin of the print).
You will need to resize the image to include 14.5 mm on both of the sides.
That can be done using any basic editor such as Microsoft Paint.
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