You haven’t said which version of the AxiDraw software you’re using. I’d suggest upgrading to the latest beta version (currently 1.6.2), which handles a few rare errors of this nature — it’s that same “catching” behavior that is generating the error code. You can find it here: https://github.com/evil-mad/axidraw/releases
You’ll need to manually install the software: Download and unzip the archive ( v162_AxiDraw.zip ) and copy the files inside that archive (about 11 files) to your Inkscape extensions directory, overwriting like-named files there.
On Windows, your extensions directory is usually located at:
C:Program FilesInkscapeshareextensions
or
C:Program Files (x86)Inkscapeshareextensions
On a Mac, your Inkscape extensions folder is located at:
/Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions/
To open this folder, select “Go to Folder…” from the “Go” menu in the Finder, and paste the location of that folder.
