Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:55:22 +0100 From: Milan Knizek <knizek@volny.cz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: Epson P2100 parallel port mode Message-ID: <200703101155.22838.knizek@volny.cz> In-Reply-To: <20070309215608.GA6874@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <200703092025.34406.knizek@volny.cz> <20070309215608.GA6874@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Friday 09 March 2007 22:56, Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 08:25:34PM +0100, Milan Knizek wrote: > > A search on google revealed that it is possible to switch the port mode > > to "extended polling" by command "lptcontrol -e -d /dev/lpt0". Then, the > > printer worked normally. > > > > "ltpcontrol" supports only connected (and powered on) printers, which is > > usually not the case during boot, and it must be run with root > > privileges. > > > > My question: how do I set the default port mode to "extended polling" > > instead of "iterrupt driven" during the boot process? > > You have to add the setting to /boot/device.hints. See > http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/#parport Thank you, this helped. Actually, I have also found a note in gutenprint FAQ that while using USB=20 connection, it may help to print to /dev/unlpt0 instead of /dev/ulpt0. I ma= y=20 try later to confirm. Regards, =2D-=20 Milan Kn=ED=BEek http://milan-knizek.net/ e-mail knizek {na} volny {v} cz
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