Epson 1220C Trouble printing Super B sized file

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Printing a graphic type image from Illustrator 11 at Super B size (13x19" ).
The image itself is A3 sized, I'm using super B to print it all with no
cropping.

With the standard HP drivers, it crashes out and refuses to print at all.

Using the minidrivers in Windows XP, I can get it to print but it always
cuts off the image 14" down the page, missing the last couple of inches of
the A3 image. If I draw an empty rectangle over the same image in the same
file with the same settings, it prints the full image with no problems.

Any ideas?

On a related note: using the minidriver in XP gives extra options including
one for "photo mode" which prints better quality images with no visible
halftones. Using the best quality setting/HP premium photo paper setting in
the standard drivers does not give nearly as good an image. Is there a way
to enable that setting from the standard driver?

TY