ulpt —
USB
printer support
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel
configuration file:
device
ulpt
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in
loader.conf(5):
The
ulpt driver provides support for USB printers
that follow the printer bi- or uni-directional protocol. The bits in the minor
number select various features of the driver.
| Minor Bit |
Function |
| 64 |
Do not initialize (reset) the device on the port. |
Some printers cannot handle the reset on open; in case of problems try the
unlpt device.
The
ulpt driver provides support for USB printers
and parallel printer conversion cables, including the following:
- ATen parallel printer adapter
- Belkin F5U002 parallel printer adapter
- Canon BJ F850, S600
- Canon LBP-1310, 350
- Entrega USB-to-parallel printer adapter
- Hewlett-Packard HP Deskjet 3420 (P/N: C8947A #ABJ)
- Oki Data MICROLINE ML660PS
- Seiko Epson PM-900C, 880C, 820C, 730C
- /dev/ulpt?
- device with reset
- /dev/unlpt?
- device without reset
lpt(4),
usb(4)
The
ulpt driver appeared in
NetBSD
1.4. This manual page was adopted from
NetBSD
by
Tom Rhodes
<
[email protected]>
in April 2002.