Lightroom printing incorrect size

I am not new to Lightroom but I just upgraded to LR5 and I am having problems printing the correct size. I make all the settings in the print module as appropriate for my desired print and the prints are consistently bigger that the settings indicate. For example; I was trying to print an image 6x9" and I kept getting prints that are 6 1/16" x 9 3/16". Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Hi LarrryH,
Other users on this and other forums have expressed difficulty with their Epson printers, especially whe printing on Mac computers.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3094076
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5103961
Are you selecting "Borderless" when you print your photo? This usually is the cause of images being scaled up after Lightroom hands the file off to the printer drivers.

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