1.\" $NetBSD: ulpt.4,v 1.6 2002/02/05 00:37:48 augustss Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Lennart Augustsson. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 18.\" must display the following acknowledgment: 19.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD 20.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors. 21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its 22.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 23.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. 24.\" 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 36.\" 37.\" $FreeBSD$ 38.\" 39.Dd November 22, 2006 40.Dt ULPT 4 41.Os 42.Sh NAME 43.Nm ulpt 44.Nd USB printer support 45.Sh SYNOPSIS 46To compile this driver into the kernel, 47place the following line in your 48kernel configuration file: 49.Bd -ragged -offset indent 50.Cd "device ulpt" 51.Ed 52.Pp 53Alternatively, to load the driver as a 54module at boot time, place the following line in 55.Xr loader.conf 5 : 56.Bd -literal -offset indent 57ulpt_load="YES" 58.Ed 59.Sh DESCRIPTION 60The 61.Nm 62driver provides support for USB printers that follow the printer 63bi- or uni-directional protocol. 64The bits in the minor number select various features of the driver. 65.Bl -column "Minor Bit" "Functionxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -offset indent 66.Em "Minor Bit Function" 6764 Do not initialize (reset) the device on the port. 68.El 69.Pp 70Some printers cannot handle the reset on open; in case of problems try the 71.Pa unlpt 72device. 73.Sh HARDWARE 74The 75.Nm 76driver provides support for USB printers and parallel printer 77conversion cables, including the following: 78.Pp 79.Bl -bullet -compact 80.It 81ATen parallel printer adapter 82.It 83Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter 84.It 85Canon BJ F850, S600 86.It 87Canon LBP-1310, 350 88.It 89Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter 90.It 91Hewlett-Packard HP Deskjet 3420 (P/N: C8947A #ABJ) 92.It 93Oki Data MICROLINE ML660PS 94.It 95Seiko Epson PM-900C, 880C, 820C, 730C 96.El 97.Sh FILES 98.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/unlpt?" -compact 99.It Pa /dev/ulpt? 100device with reset 101.It Pa /dev/unlpt? 102device without reset 103.El 104.Sh SEE ALSO 105.Xr lpt 4 , 106.Xr usb 4 107.Sh HISTORY 108The 109.Nm 110driver 111appeared in 112.Nx 1.4 . 113This manual page was adopted from 114.Nx 115by 116.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org 117in April 2002. 118