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Hi Bill-Barry. I think your problem is quite simple – Aegis Draw does _not_ use any assignment such as PLOTDRIVER: or any other to figure out what plotter driver to use. The early version of Aegis Draw used a single file in the root directory called Plotdriver, which contained your custom plotter driver file if any. Note that this is a FILENAME not a device – so I don't think that assigning a Plotdriver: device would accomplish anything for you there. But read on… The 1.1 version of Draw is more flexible than this. (I would assume that you have that version through upgrade or original purchase if you are on Aegis' registration list). Anyhow, it uses a whole directory of driver files on the Draw disk. The directory is called "Plotters" and contains any and all driver files you want to have. It is accessed from WITHIN the program by choosing the "Pick Plotter" option from the Project menu. This will bring up a requester with all the available plotter drivers, and you pick one to use. THEN choose the "Plot" option and everything should work fine. It always creates the "Drawplotdump" file and then sends it to the PRT: device (if there is enough free memory to run the task). Therefore, in Draw 1.1, you can have both the "Apple A Size" and "Apple B Size" drivers ready and waiting in the Plotters directory. NOTE that since the PRT: device is used for the plotter, you must set your preferences for "generic" printer and serial communications. Also be sure to set the serial device to the same baud rate as your plotter, same for stop/start bits etc., and activate RTS/CTS handshaking. Follow all the other advice in my help file and you will be successful. Your plot dump file is coming out with PU, PD etc. because you didn't pick your plotter first, and Draw is using the default (HPGL) plotter language. (CONTINUED NEXT MESSAGE)…