Problem With HP-8250 and Picasa 3.8

Hi,

I do a lot of amateur photography, and recently ran into a sudden new
problem. When I choose a photo to print, there is the choice of "shrink
to fit" or "crop to fit". Inasmuch as the latter often cuts off
hands/feet in the printing process, I frequently choose the "shrink to
fit" mode. However, for the past few weeks, after I click on the shrink
icon, the properly shrunken image appears on screen, but when I click on
the print icon, the screen image reverts to the cropped view, and it
prints the cropped view. This suddenly started a couple of weeks ago,
without any software change on my part.This also occurs on my older
backup PC, and on my new ultralight laptop, so it is not confined to one PC.

I looked up Picasa's user blogs, and found posts from a half dozen users
with the same problem, unfortunately with no solution to the problem.

My printer's drivers are up to date.

My only work-around is to print on the next largest size paper, but that
is not at all cost-effective in terms of paper, ink, and labor.

I have antivirus, antispyware, and firewall protection on board.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Mort Linder