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I JUST INSTALLED MY NEW COPY OF RELEASE 9 AND NOTED A PROBLEM WITH PLOTTING. MY HARDWARE IS: COMPAQ 386-16, ENTER SP1000 PLOTTER EMULATING THE HP DRAFTPRO ON COM1. THE SYSTEM WORKED FINE WITH AUTOCAD 2.62 EVERYTHING SEEMED OK WITH RELEASE 9 – I RAN SEVERAL PLOTS THEN, I TRIED TO CHANGE THE PEN SPEED FROM THE DEFAULT OF 36 TO 20 CM/SEC. AFTER THE PLOT COMMAND WAS ISSUED, THE PLOTTER PEN BEGAN TO MOVE, AND IN ONE CASE, STARTED TO DR , IN ONE CASE, STARTED TO DRAW. IN ALL CASES, THE COMPUTER AND THE PLOTTER LOCKED UP AFTER A FEW SECONDS. DURING THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE PLOTTER PEN WAS MOVING, VECTORS WERE FLASHING BY AT HIGHER THEN NORMAL RATES ON THE MONITOR. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, I RESET THE PEN SPEED SETTINGSN SPEED SETTINGS TO THEIR DEFAULTS, AND THE PLOTTER WORKED NORMALLY. ANY IDEAS? THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM EXISTED WITH 2.62 BUT WAS NO BIG DEAL SINCE I COULD ADJUST THE PEN SPEED WITHIN AUTOCAD: DURING THE PLOTTING SEQUENCE, THERE IS A PROMPT FOR HARDWARE SETUP, AND I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE PLOTTER'S PEN SPEED VIA THE PLOTTER'S KEYBOARD AT THIS PROMPT. AUTOCAD (2.62 AND REL. 9) SEEMS TO ISSUE A PEN SPEED COMMAND TO THE PLOTTER AFTER THIS PROMPT WHICH CANCELS MY MANUAL INPUT. IF I GET THE PLOTTER OFF LINE AND RESET THE PEN SPEED AFTER PLOTTING HAS BEGUN, THEN THE COMMANDS ARE ACCEPTED. I WILL APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE STEVE SHAPIRO 70017,652