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Date:      Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:46:01 -0600
From:      "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1011473162.12e421@mired.org>
To:        Rik Scarborough <RikSca@mac.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB Printer
Message-ID:  <15427.17289.831705.441238@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <35506029@toto.iv>

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Rik Scarborough <RikSca@mac.com> types:
> USB support appears to be enabled.  Running dmesg I get several things
> about the USB port, including:
>     ugen0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 2) disconnected
>     ugen0: detached
>     ugen0: hp photosmart 1215, rev 1.10/2.00, addr 2
>     ugen0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 2) disconnected
>     ugen0: detached
>     ugen0: hp photosmart 1215, rev 1.10/2.00, addr 2
> It's interesting that it even knows what the printer is, so it is 
> talking to the USB port.
> 
> However, I cannot seem to get ulpt0 to work.  lpd seems to ignore it,
> and when I try to send something to it directly, I get:
>     /dev/ulpt0: Device not configured.
> 
> I even tried running lptcontrol -s -d /dev/ulpt0 and I get:
>     lptcontrol: open: Device not configured
> 
> So does ulpt0 need to be enabled in the Kernel?  If so, what verbiage (ie
> a parallel printer would be 
>     device lpt0 at isa? port? tty irq N vector lptintr
> but it seems like that would not be the same for a USB printer)?

It's just "device ulpt". You might try loading the kld and see if that
works before building a new kernel.

	<mike

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