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39.Dd September 26, 2004
40.Dt ULPT 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm ulpt
44.Nd USB printer support
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Cd "device ulpt"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50driver provides support for USB printers that follow the printer
51bi- or uni-directional protocol.
52The bits in the minor number select various features of the driver.
53.Bl -column "Minor Bit" "Functionxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -offset indent
54.Em "Minor Bit	Function"
5564	Do not initialize (reset) the device on the port.
56.El
57.Pp
58Some printers cannot handle the reset on open; in case of problems try the
59.Pa unlpt
60device.
61.Sh HARDWARE
62The
63.Nm
64driver provides support for USB printers and parallel printer
65conversion cables, including the following:
66.Pp
67.Bl -bullet -compact
68.It
69ATen parallel printer adapter
70.It
71Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter
72.It
73Canon BJ F850, S600
74.It
75Canon LBP-1310, 350
76.It
77Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter
78.It
79Hewlett-Packard HP Deskjet 3420 (P/N: C8947A #ABJ)
80.It
81Oki Data MICROLINE ML660PS
82.It
83Seiko Epson PM-900C, 880C, 820C, 730C
84.El
85.Sh FILES
86.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/unlpt?" -compact
87.It Pa /dev/ulpt?
88device with reset
89.It Pa /dev/unlpt?
90device without reset
91.El
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr lpt 4 ,
94.Xr usb 4
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Nm
98driver
99appeared in
100.Nx 1.4 .
101This manual page was adopted from
102.Nx
103by
104.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
105in April 2002.
106