Epson Stylus Photo 2200 and Bonjour

My Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer can use either Firewire or USB. When connected directly to my G5 with Firewire I can add printer features which include setups for "Borderless" and "Minimal Margins" printing.
However, from my MacBook Pro, after installing the latest Epson driver, I can print only in Standard mode through Bonjour. This is with the printer attached to my Airport Extreme USB port.
I contacted Epson and this was their reply:
"Thank you for contacting the Epson Connection.
You will need to contact Apple and inform them that there Bonjour protocol
doesn't support extra features like borderless and minimal margins. As
stated before, Epson America supports the product only with a direct USB
connection to a USB port on the computer and a direct Firewire cable to a
firewire port on the computer. Epson America doesn't support or test any
type of third-party printer servers, switchs, routers or Apple base
stations. Apple has already stressed that there base stations do not
support the Epson Status monitor. Unfortunately, if the Apple Bonjour
protocol only supports the "Standard" printer driver, there is nothing
Epson can do about it and you will need to talk to Apple and see if they
have any work around. "
How can I get this printer to use these features that I use regularly without connecting directly from computer to printer? Is there a work around?
It seems silly to have to connect directly. After all that's why we got MacBooks - to access the internet and print - remotely!
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB SDRAM
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

You can try uninstalling the drivers for your printer and re-installing the printer drivers....Also, then try to add the printer port and try to check the same.....hope that should sort this out....

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