Can't print 11x17 with HP 1220C

I have an HP 1220C printer that will Plot a drawing in the smaller sizes around the 8.5 x 11 range, but will not plot the ame file in an 11x17, A3 (297 x 420) or B (257 x 364mm). The printer feeds in a sheet, oscillates the printhead wildly, feeds the sheet out, and then flashes the error light continuous

I have had this problem before, but don't remember what I did to fix it. Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this?

 

Hi PCLprog!

Is the printer USB? Maybe acad is having trouble communicating to the
printer. Try a print to file approach and use a spooler. Here's another
post to get you going...

Install your windows hp 1220c Printer Drivers, only setup for the port-- FILE; set this printer as default. Setup a C:\Spool Folder on YOUR PC and map as drive-- Y: (or what you prefer!), and set the mapping to automatic for every logon. Get printfile (via http://www.lerup.com/printfile/ ) and set it up as a spooler with a link in the startup folder, to search for all files in C:\Spool and send to network port for hp1220c Printer.

Then when printing (as in acad) to hp 1220c FILE, type in Y:\ and give a basic name like, file.prn or plot.plt ...then hit enter and away the print file goes to the spool folder, then the printfile grabs it and sends it off to the printer!

Ciao!
~Terry