(I posted this in the Print-Plot forum but a poster there suggested I include it here for a better response) The drafter in our department shares his plotter out on the network (print server not available yet. Not the most elegant means of making the device available to all I admit but it works... or did until recently. After I patched our PCs and activated the Windows XP firewall, AutoCAD 2000 now tells me it can't connect to the plotter because "RPC service is unavailable". However, an examination of services shows RPC is indeed running, so I'm suspecting the patch may be the culprit-- or maybe the firewall settings. Anyone have any ideas (besides putting the plotter on a print server)? I searched but didn't find any examples of anyone else encountering this. Thanks, Randall Arnold
If the drafter has a firewall, noone will be able to access anything shared on his PC -- by design. Read the Windows Help on the XP firewall (IFC). --Cy--
