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.\" $NetBSD: lpt.4,v 1.4 1998/03/25 02:13:32 fair Exp $
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.Dd December 1, 1994
.Dt LPT 4 pc532
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm lpt
.Nd Centronics parallel port
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Cd "lpt0 at mainbus? addr ? irq ?"
.Cd "lpt1 at mainbus? addr ? irq ?"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This driver provides access to Centronics parallel ports.
.Pp
Bit 6 in the minor number selects whether to omit pulling /PRIME
low on opens or not.
If the minor has bit 5 set, AUTOLINEFEED will be asserted when
transferring data to the printer.
.Pp
Address and IRQ default to 0xffc80030,7 for lpt0 and to 0xffc80034,6 for lpt1.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -compact -width Pa
.It Pa /dev/lpt0
first parallel port device
.It Pa /dev/lpt1
second parallel port device
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Bl -diag
.It "lpt?: out of paper"
The printer asserted the
.Em Paper Empty
signal.
.It "lpt?: offline"
The printer did not assert the
.Em Select
signal.
.It "lpt?: output error"
The printer asserted the
.Em /Error
signal.
.It "lpt?: NACK low"
The printer didn't release the
.Em /Ack
signal.
.It "lpt?: NBUSY low"
The printer didn't release the
.Em Busy
signal.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr plip 4
.Pp
Contact Matthias Pfaller <leo@dachau.marco.de> to get instructions
on building a Centronics interface for your pc532.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver appeared in
.Nx 1.0 .