Won't print to size from Indesign

Hi,
When I print an A3 page it doesn't print A3, I have spent hours and hours reading and changing settings but it still doesn't work.
I have a piece of artwork with a 12mm white border, I press print and the end result has 3mm border to the left and a 15mm bleed to the top and to the right - it is way off!
Does anybody have any ideas?
(It's a brand new Epson printer, using Indesign CS4, new Mac. It prints fine from Acrobat)
Many thanks
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for the reply. I am considering that option. The only issue with that is I've noticed that the colours are considerably darker. The dark greens come out almost Charcoal.
Any tips on why this might be happening and how I might correct it?
I have read about embedding, RGB/CMYK, colour management, etc etc
Thanks again

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