Page Size

I am just curious about something, Is there any reason why a page size
defined in custom properties as 24"x36", regardless of margin settings,
should ever come out of a roll-feed plotter and not be EXACTLY 24"!

I keep getting the feeling that Autodesk or HP don't agree on something
about how plotting works. This should work out of the box! If AutoCAD sends
a 24"x36" to the plotter, a 24"x36" piece of paper should come out. If I
plot a window in AutoCAD of a 24"x36" area, it should print out right where
it is supposed to be on the 24"36" piece of paper. These should be rights,
not privileges!!

Just needed to rant a little, I have tried so many suggestions on this
newsgroup, many of which get results, it's just that I keep finding more
problems down the road depending on which correction I use. I don't feel
like there should be so many fixes for something that should just work.

Civil 2004
Windows XP
HP1050C