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