tunelp
Set various parameters for parallel port devices for troubleshooting or for better performance. tldr-pages
On Linux
Linux
Set various parameters for parallel port devices for troubleshooting or for better performance. Part of util-linux.
Check the status of a parallel port device
tunelp --status /dev/lp0IdentifyReset a given parallel port
tunelp --reset /dev/lp0IdentifyUse a given IRQ for a device, each one representing an interrupt line
tunelp --irq 5 /dev/lp0IdentifyTry a given number of times to output a character to the printer before sleeping for a given time
tunelp --chars times --time time_in_centiseconds /dev/lp0IdentifyEnable or disable aborting on error (disabled by default)
tunelp --abort onIdentify