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14.\" $Id: lptcontrol.1,v 1.3 1994/05/22 12:31:54 csgr Exp $
15.Dd September 3, 1994
16.Dt LPTCONTROL 8
17.Os FreeBSD 2
18.Sh NAME
19.Nm \&lptcontrol
20.Nd a utility for manipulating the lpt printer driver.
21.Sh SYNOPSIS
22.Nm \&lptcontrol
23.Cm -i
24|
25.Cm -p
26.Op Fl u Ar unit no
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Nm lptcontrol
30command is used to set either the interrupt-driven or polling mode
31of individual
32.Xr lpt 4
33devices.  When a printer is switched between
34interrupt-driven and polled mode, this change will only take effect
35the next time the device is opened.
36.Sh OPTIONS
37.TP
38The following command line options are supported:
39.Bl -tag -width indent
40.It Fl i
41Turns on interrupt-driven mode.
42.It Fl p
43Turns on polled mode.
44.It Fl u  Ar n
45Sets the mode of the printer device specified by
46.Em n .
47The default value for
48.Em n
49is
50.Em 0 (ie. /dev/lpt0)
51.El
52.Pp
53One of
54.Fl i
55or
56.Fl p
57must be specified.
58.Pp
59.Sh FILES
60.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
61.It Pa /dev/lpt?  - printer devices
62.It Pa /dev/lpctl?  - printer control devices
63.El
64.Sh BUGS
65Sure to be some.
66.Sh "SEE ALSO"
67.Xr lpt 4
68.Xr /sys/i386/conf/GENERICAH
69.Sh AUTHOR
70Geoffrey M. Rehmet
71.Sh HISTORY
72.Nm lptcontrol
73first appeared in FreeBSD 1.1.5
74