Epson R300 Printing issues - No borderless

Hey all,
Having issues and it's annoying me to the extreme - I've just forked out for an expensive computer that can't do borderless prints like a £250 dell can!
Basically, I've got an Epson Stylus Photo R300. It's a lovely printer and has come up with some lovely shots in its time. In windows I was able to do borderless prints with no trouble whatsoever - however, my mac is having none of it. I've tried til the cows come home to get it to print borderless, using Photoshop and iPhoto but can't for the life of me get it to do it.
I've tried various guides, including those telling me to uninstall the printer etc - but when I follow them, the options simply aren't there.
HELP!!

You didn't say, so I'll ask -
When you Add an Epson, in Printer Setup, you don't click on the printer in Default Browser - instead, you click on More Printers and select "Epson USB." Next, after highlighting the printer, you go to the "Page Setup" menu and select ALL. This gives you a queue and driver for regular use and a separate print queue/driver for borderless.
Is that what you did?

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