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+.\"
+.\" lptcontrol - a utility for manipulating the lpt driver
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\"
+.\"
+.\" $Id: lptcontrol.1,v 1.3 1994/05/22 12:31:54 csgr Exp $
+.TH lptcontrol 1 "March 12, 1994" "" "FreeBSD"
+
+.SH NAME
+lptcontrol - a utility for manipulating the lpt printer driver.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.na
+.B lptcontrol
+.RB [options]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+The
+.B lptcontrol
+command is used to set either the interrupt-driven or polling mode
+of individual lpt 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.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+The following command line options are supported.
+.TP
+.B \-i
+Turns on interrupt-driven mode.
+.TP
+.B \-p
+Turns on polled mode.
+.TP
+.BI "\-f\ " file
+Sets the mode of the printer device specified by
+.I file.
+The default value for
+.I file
+is
+.I /dev/lpt0
+.TP
+One of
+.B \-i
+or
+.B \-p
+must be specified.
+.PP
+.SH FILES
+/dev/lpt?
+.PP
+.SH BUGS
+If the port to be controlled does not have a printer connected and
+on-line, then lptcontrol will not be able to open the port in question
+for performing ioctl's and will fail.
+.sp
+Sure to be others.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR lpt (4) ,
+.BR /sys/i386/conf/GENERICAH
+.SH AUTHOR
+Geoffrey M. Rehmet
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