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32.Dd November 22, 2006
33.Dt ULPT 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ulpt
37.Nd USB printer support
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile this driver into the kernel,
40place the following line in your
41kernel configuration file:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Cd "device ulpt"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternatively, to load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place the following line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50ulpt_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55driver provides support for USB printers that follow the printer
56bi- or uni-directional protocol.
57The bits in the minor number select various features of the driver.
58.Bl -column "Minor Bit" "Functionxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -offset indent
59.It Em "Minor Bit" Ta Em "Function"
60.It "64" Ta "Do not initialize (reset) the device on the port."
61.El
62.Pp
63Some printers cannot handle the reset on open; in case of problems try the
64.Pa unlpt
65device.
66.Sh HARDWARE
67The
68.Nm
69driver provides support for USB printers and parallel printer
70conversion cables, including the following:
71.Pp
72.Bl -bullet -compact
73.It
74ATen parallel printer adapter
75.It
76Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter
77.It
78Canon BJ F850, S600
79.It
80Canon LBP-1310, 350
81.It
82Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter
83.It
84Hewlett-Packard HP Deskjet 3420 (P/N: C8947A #ABJ)
85.It
86Oki Data MICROLINE ML660PS
87.It
88Seiko Epson PM-900C, 880C, 820C, 730C
89.El
90.Sh FILES
91.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/unlpt?" -compact
92.It Pa /dev/ulpt?
93device with reset
94.It Pa /dev/unlpt?
95device without reset
96.El
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr lpt 4 ,
99.Xr usb 4
100.Sh HISTORY
101The
102.Nm
103driver
104appeared in
105.Nx 1.4 .
106This manual page was adopted from
107.Nx
108by
109.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
110in April 2002.
111