Acad ADI drivers and single plotter

 
To get from AutoCAD's "printing to a port" to NT named resources do these
four steps:
 
1)  create a batch file named "C:\plot.bat" with the following two commands:
    copy %1 \\machinename\queuename /b
    del %1
 
2)  Start Autocad and go to Preferences/misc/plot spooling and enter
    C:\plot.bat %s
 
3)  Go into Autocad's Configure option pick #7 "Configure Operating
    Parameters" and pick #3 "Default Plot File" enter the name "autospool"
 
4)  Still in the configure operating parameters pick #4 "Plot Spooler Dir"
    and enter "C:\" then exit configure
 
When you plot, check plot to file, make sure the file name is autospool
and click OK. This will create a plot file, automatically copy the file to
the printer and delete the file when done. It works great!
 
 

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