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.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" $FreeBSD$ 31.\" 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