Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 20:25:34 +0100 From: Milan Knizek <knizek@volny.cz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Epson P2100 parallel port mode Message-ID: <200703092025.34406.knizek@volny.cz>
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Hello list! I have spent some time installing Epson P2100 (aka P2200 in the U.S.) - the= =20 USB connection did not work (printer was recognised, but any access to it=20 caused only a quick double-tick of the printing head and nothing more). The= =20 good thing was that it supports also the parallel connection. Once connected via /dev/lpt0, the printer worked, but printed _very_ slowly= =20 (and /var/log/messages announced irq storm on irq7). A search on google revealed that it is possible to switch the port mode=20 to "extended polling" by command "lptcontrol -e -d /dev/lpt0". Then, the=20 printer worked normally. "ltpcontrol" supports only connected (and powered on) printers, which is=20 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" inste= ad=20 of "iterrupt driven" during the boot process? Thanks for ideas, Milan P.S. 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE i386 on ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe with Pentium D. dmesg: ppc0: <ECP parallel printer port> port 0x378-0x37f,0x778-0x77f irq 7 drq 3 = on=20 acpi0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 =2E.. lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port =2D-=20 Milan Kn=C3=AD=C5=BEek http://milan-knizek.net/ e-mail knizek {na} volny {v} cz
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