lp -- Device Driver

Driver for parallel ports
/dev/lptN

The device driver lp drives the parallel ports.  It has major number 3.

This driver follows  the IBM PC standard in that  it can only send data out
the port -- it cannot receive data from the port.

The  following script  lets  you install  or  de-install the  parallel-port
driver:  To  install  or de-install  a  parallel  printer,  log  in as  the
superuser root; then execute the following script:

    cd /etc/conf
    lp/mkdev
    /conf/mlpconfig
    bin/idmkcoh -o /kernel_name

kernel_name should name the new kernel to build.  Then reboot to invoke the
newly built kernel_name.

See Also

device drivers,
printer

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness