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38.Dd July 12, 1998
39.Dt ULPT 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm ulpt
43.Nd USB printer support
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Cd "device ulpt"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49driver provides support for USB printers that follow the printer
50bi- or uni-directional protocol.
51The bits in the minor number select various features of the driver.
52.Bl -column "Minor Bit" "Function" -offset indent
53.It Sy "Minor Bit" Ta Sy "Function"
54.It 64 Ta "Do not initialize (reset) the device on the port."
55.El
56.Pp
57Some printers cannot handle the reset on open; in case of problems try the
58.Pa unlpt
59device.
60.Sh FILES
61.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/unlpt?" -compact
62.It Pa /dev/ulpt?
63device with reset
64.It Pa /dev/unlpt?
65device without reset
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr lpt 4 ,
69.Xr usb 4
70.Sh HISTORY
71The
72.Nm
73driver
74appeared in
75.Nx 1.4 .
76This manual page was adopted from
77.Nx
78by
79.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
80in April 2002.
81