CompuServe Messages

Tom- .. Why not plot to a file and then set up a background process to check the queue directory? It could be as simple as an "endless loop" TSR that checks for plot file existence and then does a COPY /B PLOTFILE.EXT PRN, assuming that you do a 3P LINK PLOTTER or whatever first…..PRN is PRN in this case, it just so happens that 3+ does not care if PRN is really a parallel port or if it's serial…..so, just set up the plotter as a "printer" hooked to COM1: on the server. … (You may want to use a hardware spooler in-between to smooth out the transfer; what mach. is your server? A 386/20 Mod 130 with TurboShare and 2Mb EMS cache would probably not need to be buffered; but a 6mhz AT server might cause a fast plotter to stop on occasion….) … This can be as simple or as complex as you want, Tom…… send me a note here if you need any more info. -don strimbu 😎 [3Com user since EtherSeries 2.2………] .