Print image area shifted in illustrator cs6

If the prints on either artboard don't align when printed, leave a clipping path as a cut line on artboard one, but remove the background clipping path on artboard 2. Then cut using artboard 1 when printed. It doesn't negate the misalignment, its just a work around.

I recently had this same problem, and when all of the above suggestions failed to fix my issue, I remembered that at one point I bypassed the Print dialog when I needed to use a legal size paper.

(Ignore the placement settings, normally they would be set to 0's.)

To check if you are set to some other media size you can choose this setup button ( if a pop up displays like the one above, click continue) and then select the drop down in the center of the dialog box that might say Layout. You want to then select paper handling, From there you can select your media size, or return it to us letter.When your done select Print. This will return to the default dialog print box. I hope this helps.

I think that I've figured it out! I've been trying find out a way for years on how to center the image in the print dialog box.

Under options > Placement: Make sure the x and y axis are both set to 0.

What the OP's screen shot is showing is the printable area, (the margins) of the printer being used (shown by the dotted lines). they show the limit of how close to the edge that printer can print. the margin is bigger on one end because the printer needs to be able to grab the paper to pull it through the printer. caveat: using a print driver specific to the printer may allow a smaller margin on that leading edge.

bottom line - if you want to print a 'centered' image, center it within those dotted lines and trim the paper, or center them on the page within the dotted lines. to see the dotted lines on the artwork select View menu>Show print tiling.

As well as making use of the Page tool, try printing on one of the Borderless paper sizes.

Try using the Page Tool to see how the artwork "lands" on the page size ( View > Show Page Tiling ).  There also could be a hidden element causing a shift, although unlikely.  Do a "Select-All" to see if there is anything hidden.  If there is, delete it and try printing again.