LR5 4x6 printing problem on Epson R3000

I am having a problem printing on 4x6 paper from LR5.3. I am running OS X Mavericks, and I'm using an Epson R3000. When I print using the standard 4x6, sheet feeder setting, Landscape or Portrait as appropriate, no rotate, the image prints on the lower right corner of the paper. It appears that LR is still printing as if there is 8.5x11 paper and centering the image, even though I've selected 4x6. This also happens if I use a custom size of 6x4. I have tried all combinations of portrait/landscape, rotate/non-rotate, to no avail. The LR preview on the screen is correct, but the output is not. I have tried it with both portrait and landscape images, but it does not solve the problem.
I have opened the image in Photoshop, selected 4x6 paper, and it works fine. The print also works properly in LR5 on letter paper - correct size, orientation, and margins. Does anyone have any ideas, workarounds, or solutions? Thanks.

Hi Tom -
It did work properly with Photoshop, but I'd rather not have to use Photoshop for all of my printing. As far as Lightroom goes, I was using the standard template - maximize size and specifying 4x6 paper. This worked on a mac air, same OSX, same version of LR5, same version of print driver. So, I created a user template on the air, exported it, imported it into my iMac. Still no good. The only workaround I have found is to use a maximize size template, specifiy letter size paper, then align the photo against the left and bottom edges. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Lightroom. This did not solve the problem, either.
Also, when I specifiy 4x6 paper, the rulers show the correct dimensions. Everything looks correct, but it seems unable to communicate to the printer that LR is using anything other than letter-size paper. It's getting very frustrating and wasteful of time, paper, and ink, as I sure you can guess.
Thanks again for your suggestions - I appreciate the feedback.
- John

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