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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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