Issue

After sending an AutoCAD drawing to any printer, plotting process takes 10-20 seconds before print job is actually passed to a printer. This happens regardless of size and complexity of the drawing.

Resolution

Issue was caused by enabled background plotting option in AutoCAD settings.

To disable:

• Open AutoCAD 207 options menu
• Change to Plot and Publish tab
• Uncheck both boxes under “Enable background plot when:“
  
  

AutoCAD 2007
Windows 7 64bit