Extra Space printed with EPS file

Hi -

This is what i am doing. I open an eps file in illustrator and do a save as eps again (reason for doing this is the original eps when edited contains lot of invalid DSC header info which the HP printer fails to understand). The EPS is saved with the following settings in adobe illustrator CS5:

EPS Options:
Version = Illustrator 3 EPS

Preview = None

Options = Checked only "Compatible Gradient and Gradient Mesh Printing"

Adobe PostScript = LanguageLevel2

After doing this i confirmed the eps file header info is all valid.

The problem iam facing is when this EPS is used to be printed by the printer, the printer prints the image perfectly fine on the coordinate settings where i intend, BUT after the image has been printed, blank space almost equal to a blank page appears and then the remaining text is printed. I tried resizing the image, selecting the art box size equal to the image size but none of it worked. The setting mentioned above is required for the PS HP printer. Dont know from where the extra space is coming up after the image has been printed.

PLEASE somebody have some solution or some information to solve this.