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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