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Date:      Sun, 16 Mar 2003 08:52:51 -0600
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1048258371.0ffd19@mired.org>
To:        kaeru@pd.jaring.my
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usb printers
Message-ID:  <15988.36803.13363.43940@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <1047805093.718.114.camel@daemon.home.net>
References:  <1047805093.718.114.camel@daemon.home.net>

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In <1047805093.718.114.camel@daemon.home.net>, Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my> typed:
> Once connected would the device just be something like /dev/usb0 (on
> FreeBSD 5) or do you need a usb to parallel converter? There is no
> mention of usb printers in the handbook.

If the device is recognized as a USB printer, it will show up as
/dev/ulpt0. You just use that instead of /dev/lpt0 in the printcap
file. No converter or any such thing is needed.

	<mike
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