USB to parallel for printer HP LaserJet 4mL

[Warren Block]

On Sun, 1 Jun 2014, Matthias Apitz wrote:

> El día Monday, May 19, 2014 a las 08:45:01PM +0200, Datasmurf escribió:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> i bought a few years ago, a parallel to usb cable from LogiLink [1].
>> It used to work fine with freebsd.
>>
>> [1] http://www.logilink.eu/showproduct/AU0003C.htm
>
> Hello,
>
> I bought this device now and it attaches as:
>
> Jun  1 11:02:12 La-Habana kernel: ugen1.2: <Prlific Technology Inc.> at usbus1
> Jun  1 11:02:12 La-Habana kernel: ulpt0: <Prlific Technology Inc.  IEEE-1284 Controller, class 0/0, rev 1.00/2.00, addr 2> on usbus1
> Jun  1 11:02:12 La-Habana kernel: ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
>
> but I can not send data to the device:
>
> # cat Pango/my1st.ps > /dev/ulpt0
> cat: stdout: Input/output error
>
> Any ideas?

Try /dev/unlpt0 instead.