generated by certain special papers, such as carbonless forms. Make sure your printer is properly grounded.
II. Plotters need to function much as printers in order to accept a job to plot, but plotters can have no direct interaction between themselves and the application. E.g.: AutoCAD application talks directly to a COM port, then waits for a reply from that port. Since NetWare® software only redirects printing to LPT ports, AutoCAD ends up waiting for COM port activity when there won't be any.
You can handle this problem by saving a print job to a file and then using NPRINT or PCONSOLE to print the job. An alternative would be to plot to a file named "LPT1" after capturing the device LPT1 with the CAPTURE command.
Diagram I. illustrates a six-step troubleshooting model used by Microsoft Product Services engineers, who call it the "detect method". An effective troubleshooting plan starts with gathering information, observing symptoms, and doing research.
