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2.\" lptcontrol - a utility for manipulating the lpt driver
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13.\" $FreeBSD$
1.\"
2.\" lptcontrol - a utility for manipulating the lpt driver
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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13.\" $FreeBSD$
14.Dd September 3, 1994
14.Dd October 1, 2004
15.Dt LPTCONTROL 8
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm lptcontrol
19.Nd a utility for manipulating the lpt printer driver
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Nm
15.Dt LPTCONTROL 8
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm lptcontrol
19.Nd a utility for manipulating the lpt printer driver
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Nm
22.Fl i | p | e | s
23.Op Fl d Ar device
22.Fl e | i | p | s
23.Op Fl d Ar control_device
24.Sh DESCRIPTION
25The
26.Nm
24.Sh DESCRIPTION
25The
26.Nm
27utility is used to set either the interrupt-driven, extended or polling mode
28of individual
27utility is used to set either the interrupt-driven, extended, standard,
28or polling mode of individual
29.Xr lpt 4
30devices.
31When a printer is switched from
32a mode to another, this change will only take effect
33the next time the device is opened.
34.Pp
35Extended mode is anything the parallel port interface can support.
36For an
37ECP/ISA parallel port, it may be FIFO+DMA or ECP.
38.Pp
39The following command line options are supported:
40.Bl -tag -width indent
29.Xr lpt 4
30devices.
31When a printer is switched from
32a mode to another, this change will only take effect
33the next time the device is opened.
34.Pp
35Extended mode is anything the parallel port interface can support.
36For an
37ECP/ISA parallel port, it may be FIFO+DMA or ECP.
38.Pp
39The following command line options are supported:
40.Bl -tag -width indent
41.It Fl e
42Turn on extended mode.
41.It Fl i
42Turn on interrupt-driven mode.
43.It Fl p
44Turn on polled mode.
43.It Fl i
44Turn on interrupt-driven mode.
45.It Fl p
46Turn on polled mode.
45.It Fl e
46Turn on extended mode.
47.It Fl s
48Turn on standard mode, i.e., turn off extended mode.
47.It Fl s
48Turn on standard mode, i.e., turn off extended mode.
49.It Fl d Ar device
50Set the mode of the printer device specified by
51.Ar device .
49.It Fl d Ar control_device
50Set the mode of the printer control device specified by
51.Ar control_device .
52The default value for
52The default value for
53.Ar device
53.Ar control_device
54is
54is
55.Pa /dev/lpt0 .
55.Pa /dev/lpt0.ctl .
56.El
57.Pp
58One of
56.El
57.Pp
58One of
59.Fl i , p
59.Fl e , i , p
60or
60or
61.Fl e
61.Fl s
62must be specified.
63.Sh FILES
64.Bl -tag -width /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC -compact
65.It Pa /dev/lpt?
66printer devices
67.It Pa /dev/lpt?.ctl
68printer control devices
69.It Pa /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
70kernel configuration file
62must be specified.
63.Sh FILES
64.Bl -tag -width /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC -compact
65.It Pa /dev/lpt?
66printer devices
67.It Pa /dev/lpt?.ctl
68printer control devices
69.It Pa /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
70kernel configuration file
71.It Pa /boot/device.hints
72Device hints for the parallel port chipset driver,
73.Xr ppc 4
71.El
72.Sh BUGS
74.El
75.Sh BUGS
73Sure to be some.
76The control device name should never have been an option,
77but should have been an optional argument.
78Because of this, a single argument is treated as a device name.
74.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr lpt 4
80.Xr lpt 4 ,
81.Xr ppc 4 ,
82.Xr device.hints 5
76.Sh AUTHORS
77.An Geoffrey M. Rehmet
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Nm
81utility
82first appeared in
83.Fx 1.1.5
83.Sh AUTHORS
84.An Geoffrey M. Rehmet
85.Sh HISTORY
86The
87.Nm
88utility
89first appeared in
90.Fx 1.1.5