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35 .Nd generic printer device driver
43 driver is the port of the original lpt driver to the
47 One purpose of this port was to allow parallel port sharing with other
49 Secondly, inb()/outb() calls have been replaced by ppbus
51 lpt is now arch-independent thanks to the ppbus interface.
54 for more info about the ppbus system.
56 The parallel port bus is allocated by lpt when the printer device is opened
57 and released only when the transfer is completed: either when the device
58 is closed or when the entire buffer is sent in interrupt driven mode.
60 The driver can be configured to be either interrupt-driven, or
62 Ports that are configured to be
63 interrupt-driven can be switched to polled mode by using the
67 Depending on your hardware, extended capabilities may be configured with the
70 With an ECP/ISA port, you can take advantage
73 In order to retrieve printer info from /dev/lpt0, just apply the
75 command to the device.
76 If the printer supports IEEE1284 nibble mode and has
77 data to send to the host, you will get it.
79 .Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
81 first parallel port driver
88 This driver replaces the functionality of the lpa
89 driver, which is now defunct.
91 There are lots of them, especially in cheap parallel port implementations.
93 It is only possible to open a lpt port when a printer is connected and
94 on-line, making it impossible to run
96 when there is no printer connected.
98 This driver could still stand a rewrite.