Designjet t520 36 inch spits out long paper feed instead of printing

Product is HP Designjet T520 36" Plotter. 36" roll paper installed. Printing from Adobe Acrobat, large size maps, prints at 35" x 60". Sending the print to the plotter causes the plotter to spit out a large, blank paper instead of printing. Do not get error message.
Help ~ this is wasting an entire roll of paper! There is no way to cancel or stop the plotter when it feeds large, blank sheets instead of printing.
We have tried different settings. Updated the firmware today. Very frustrated ~ can someone please help?
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