Printing to an Epson Picturemate

Aperture prints wonderfully to my 2400, though I usually print to that printer from Photoshop. I'd really like to use Aperture, though, to dash off some quick 4x6s to the Picturemate.
Problem is, the bottom and left sides of the prints are white. In other words, it looks like Aperture is just shifting the whole picture up and to the right. I've "calibrated" the print area, but even at the lower-most and left-most settings, I get the white borders.
Anyone have any luck printing to a Picturemate?
I should note that this is with the first 30-day demo that came out, which I believe is 1.5. My paid-for copy will be here tomorrow. Maybe 1.5.2 addresses this problem?
Thanks.

I struggled with this for quite a while. Here's a solution:
After selecting "Print Image," from Aperture's menu, click the "Printer Settings" button and choose PictureMate. There should be a pull-down bar that says "Layout." Click on this bar and select "Paper Handling." You should see an area where you can select your destination paper size. Click the button that says "Scale to fit paper size" and choose 4x6 borderless. (I saved this setting as a preset, naming mine "PictureMate.") Click "Done" after this.
Now select 4x6 borderless in the paper size pull-down bar in Aperture's print dialog box. I also choose "Scale to fill entire page" under layout options.
This should get you a great borderless print.

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Op 3 jan. 2012 om 20:23 heeft "c.frans w" <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven:
Re: Print quality on Epson Stylus Photo R800
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I would shine some light on your remark:
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My name is :
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