Digital BW, The Print

Hi folks,

Are there any QTR users setting their top / left paper margins at 
less than .75" – or printing an image that, when
automatically centered by QTR, results in a margin this size? 

The reason I ask is that, when I print an 8x10 on letter sized paper, 
QTR leaves a messy ink trail on the left margin of the page (covering 
about 1/4" of the image itself). Looks like it wanted to keep 
printing but ran out of paper. (I'm letting QTR center the image top 
and left). When I downsize the print to 7.75 x 9.75 it prints fine. 

I just printed a 12x18 on super b sized paper and again got a
1/4" ink trail on the image and more ink on the left margin of
the page.

I'm an Epson 1280 user, on a PC and I'm only having this problem in 
landscape mode. 

Thank you in advance for any suggestions!