1.\" $OpenBSD: ulpt.4,v 1.13 2013/02/04 11:42:36 stsp Exp $ 2.\" $NetBSD: ulpt.4,v 1.4 1999/08/23 12:32:19 augustss Exp $ 3.\" 4.\" Copyright (c) 1999 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 8.\" by Lennart Augustsson. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 19.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 20.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 21.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 22.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 23.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 24.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 25.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 26.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 27.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 28.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 29.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd $Mdocdate: February 4 2013 $ 32.Dt ULPT 4 33.Os 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm ulpt 36.Nd USB printer support 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Cd "ulpt* at uhub?" 39.Sh DESCRIPTION 40The 41.Nm 42driver provides support for USB printers that follow the printer 43bi- or uni-directional protocol. 44The bits in the minor number select various features of the driver. 45.Bl -column "Minor Bit" "Functionxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -offset indent 46.It Em "Minor Bit" Ta Em Function 47.It 64 Ta "Do not initialize the device on the port." 48.El 49.Sh FILES 50.Bl -tag -width Pa 51.It Pa /dev/ulpt? 52.El 53.Pp 54For some HP LaserJet printer models (1000, 1005, 1018, 1020), the driver needs 55at least version 1.0 of the following firmware files, which are loaded when a 56printer is attached: 57.Pp 58.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact 59.It /etc/firmware/ulpt-hp1000 60.It /etc/firmware/ulpt-hp1005 61.It /etc/firmware/ulpt-hp1018 62.It /etc/firmware/ulpt-hp1020 63.El 64.Pp 65These firmware files are not free because HP refuses to grant 66distribution rights. 67As a result, even though 68.Ox 69includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and 70users have to download these files on their own. 71A port which can download and install the firmware can be found in 72.Pa /usr/ports/sysutils/firmware/ulpt . 73.Sh SEE ALSO 74.Xr intro 4 , 75.Xr lpt 4 , 76.Xr uhub 4 , 77.Xr usb 4 78.Sh HISTORY 79The 80.Nm 81driver 82appeared in 83.Nx 1.4 . 84.Ox 85support was added in 86.Ox 2.7 . 87