usr.sbin/lptcontrol/lptcontrol.1

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.TH lptcontrol 1 "March 12, 1994" "" "FreeBSD"

.SH NAME
lptcontrol - a utility for manipulating the lpt printer driver.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B lptcontrol
.RB [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B lptcontrol
command is used to set either the interrupt-driven or polling mode
of individual lpt devices.  When a printer is switched between
interrupt-driven and polled mode, this change will only take effect
the next time the device is opened.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
The following command line options are supported.
.TP
.B \-i
Turns on interrupt-driven mode.
.TP
.B \-p
Turns on polled mode.
.TP
.BI "\-f\ " file
Sets the mode of the printer device specified by
.I file.
The default value for
.I file
is
.I /dev/lpt0
.TP
One of
.B \-i
or
.B \-p
must be specified.
.PP
.SH FILES
/dev/lpt?
.PP
.SH BUGS
Sure to be some.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR lpt (4) ,
.BR /sys/i386/conf/GENERICAH
.SH AUTHOR
Geoffrey M. Rehmet