Word only printing the left half of an A5 page!

When I print a page of A5 (14.8 x 21.0cms) writing in Word 2013 (and Windows 8.1) only the left hand side of the writing appears – and that shows on the right hand side of the A5 sheet.

  • I have been assured by the Epson Printer technician that as the Test Page prints correctly (right across the page) that it is NOT a driver fault, nor a printer fault;
  • I have made sure that the printer settings page in Word is set correctly—that the margins are correctly set and that the format is set to ‘Portrait’;
  • However, there seems to be a conflict in the ‘Custom Page Size’ tab (within the Print ‘Settings’ section), as it shows a red exclamation mark, even though the size shown/set is 14.8 x 21.0 cms (which is the correct size for an A5 page).
  • Further, in the ‘Page Setup’ page, in the ‘Paper’ tab, under ‘Paper Size’, only three options are given:  Letter;   A4;   Custom Size.   In previous versions of Word, I always had the option of selecting any number of page sizes!   Yet even specifying a set of page measurements (14.8 x 21.0) under the ‘Custom Size’ heading, it still only prints half a page of writing!
  • In exploring further on the document to be printed, and clicking on the area alongside the document, a border suddenly appears around the document.   This to me, looks suspiciously like an A4 sized page in ‘Landscape’ format—with the A5 document that I want printed fairly in the middle of this larger sheet on its side!!!!!       
  • Printer is the Epson Stylus Fax/Printer CX6900F

So I need advice on what adjustments/upgrades/downloads that are needed to enable me to print an A5 page correctly.    I have always been able to print the same (sized) document on all previous versions of Word.

Answer
Answer
The paper sizes available to you are supplied by the printer driver. Make sure that you have the correct (and latest) driver for the printer (check the Epson website, making sure to select the correct OS in the dropdown). If the best you can get is Letter, Legal, and Custom--and Custom clearly doesn't work in this instance--then your only recourse is to use the Letter size and increase the margins to constrain the text to the area that will print on your A5 sheet (this will require some trial and error, I imagine).
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