HP Photosmart 335 print distortion on using Image Zone Express

Using HP Image Zone Express (the packaged software):
When I select a photo to print in the VIEW area I see a correctly proportioned picture.
When I press the PRINT tab the photo appears on the PRINT screen but it does not (and noticeably so) have the same print proportions as on the previous screen. The picture's length (height) increases in proportion to its width by an amount that makes a face in the picture appear thinner than it really is, .
This would not normally be a problem except that when I print the picture, the resulting print also shows these wrong proportions!
When I use Photoshop to print via this printer, the proportions are correct but the print quality is inferior.
Among the actions I have performed to try and solve this problem are:
I have checked and found that my printer drivers are up-to-date.
I have tried putting all settings back to their defaults.
I have restarted the printer, the software and the computer (I have not re-installed anything).
I have tried printing smaller images than the paper size (10x15cm) with the same result. Strangely, when I do this, the printer tells me that the image is larger than the paper and some cropping will occur!
An additional defect that possibly has nothing to do with the "proportions" problem is: The print "centering" (on the page) function does not seem to work at all.
Any ideas or help with this proportions problem would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Mel, yea if you've tried all the usual troubleshooting then it could be worth checking you have the latest SW & driver
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=3396080&cc=ie&dlc=en&lc=en&product=33960...
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