Fit to Printable Area

When I print a document using the Fit to Printable Area setting, it puts a thin line at the top and right side of the printed page. I realize that printing with the setting as None will not put in the lines, but I'm wondering if there is a setting that will remove the lines when using Fit to Printable Area.

The second page of a duplexed page is actaully printed back end first, so from the printer's point of view the 0.08" margin actually ends up at the bottom of the page and the 0.46" margin is at the top of the page.
To print both the front and back sides with even margins would require ~0.5" margins top and bottom to accomodate the paper path when printing the back side.
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