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.\"
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.\" lptcontrol - a utility for manipulating the lpt driver
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" $Id: lptcontrol.8,v 1.2 1994/09/03 22:46:49 csgr Exp $
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.Dd September 3, 1994
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.Dt LPTCONTROL 8
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.Os FreeBSD 2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm \&lptcontrol
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.Nd a utility for manipulating the lpt printer driver.
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm \&lptcontrol
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.Cm -i
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.Cm -p
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.Op Fl u Ar unit no
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm lptcontrol
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command is used to set either the interrupt-driven or polling mode
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of individual
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.Xr lpt 4
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devices. When a printer is switched between
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interrupt-driven and polled mode, this change will only take effect
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the next time the device is opened.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.TP
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The following command line options are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl i
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Turns on interrupt-driven mode.
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.It Fl p
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Turns on polled mode.
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.It Fl u Ar n
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Sets the mode of the printer device specified by
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.Em n .
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The default value for
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.Em n
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.Em 0 (ie. /dev/lpt0)
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.El
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.Pp
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.Fl i
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.Fl p
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must be specified.
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.Pp
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
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.It Pa /dev/lpt? - printer devices
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.It Pa /dev/lpctl? - printer control devices
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.It Pa /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC - kernel configuration file
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.El
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.Sh BUGS
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Sure to be some.
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.Sh "SEE ALSO"
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.Xr lpt 4
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.Sh AUTHOR
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Geoffrey M. Rehmet
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Nm lptcontrol
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first appeared in FreeBSD 1.1.5
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