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30.Dd July 12, 1998
31.Dt ULPT 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ulpt
35.Nd USB printer support
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "ulpt*   at uhub?"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver provides support for USB printers that follow the printer
42bi- or uni-directional protocol.
43The bits in the minor number select various features of the driver.
44.Pp
45.Bl -column "Minor Bit" "Functionxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -offset indent
46.It Sy "Minor Bit"	Function
47.It  64	Do not initialize (reset) the device on the port.
48.El
49.Pp
50Some printers cannot handle the reset on open; in case of problems try the
51.Pa ulpn
52device.
53.Sh FILES
54.Bl -tag -width xxxxxxxxxx
55.It Pa /dev/ulpt?
56device with reset
57.It Pa /dev/ulpn?
58device without reset
59.El
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr lpt 4 ,
62.Xr usb 4
63.Sh HISTORY
64The
65.Nm
66driver
67appeared in
68.Nx 1.4 .
69