LPTCONTROL(8)

NAME
lptcontrol - a utility for manipulating the lpt printer driver

SYNOPSIS
lptcontrol -i | -p [-u unit no]

DESCRIPTION
The lptcontrol command is used to set either the interrupt-driven or polling mode of individual lpt(4) 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.

OPTIONS
The following command line options are supported:

-i  Turn on interrupt-driven mode.

-p  Turn on polled mode.

-u n
    Set the mode of the printer device specified by n. The default value for n is 0 (ie. /dev/lpt0)

One of -i or -p must be specified.

FILES
/dev/lpt?
    Printer devices.
/dev/lpctl?
    Printer control devices.
/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
    Kernel configuration file.

BUGS
Sure to be some.

SEE ALSO
lpt(4)

AUTHORS
Geoffrey M. Rehmet

HISTORY
Lptcontrol first appeared in FreeBSD 1.1.5