To Set the Timeout Value for a Local, Nonsystem Plotter
- Click Application menu
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Manage Plotters. 
- Double-click the plotter configuration (PC3) file whose timeout value you want to change.
- In the Plotter Configuration Editor, Ports tab, select the port that you want to use.
- Click Configure Port and do one of the following:
- For a parallel port, in the Transmission Retry box, enter the timeout value in milliseconds.
- For a serial port, in the Input Timeout and Output Timeout boxes, enter the timeout values in milliseconds.
- Click OK.