diff --git a/src/lpt.c b/src/lpt.c
index 824b695be..f7e25513e 100644
--- a/src/lpt.c
+++ b/src/lpt.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void lpt_devices_close()
 	}
 }
 
-static uint8_t lpt_dats[3], lpt_ctrls[3];
+static uint8_t lpt_dats[3], lpt_ctrls[3] = { 0x04, 0x04, 0x04 };
 
 void lpt_write(int i, uint16_t port, uint8_t val, void *priv)
 {
diff --git a/src/printer/prt_escp.c b/src/printer/prt_escp.c
index 6d1d70a0c..a08c625bf 100644
--- a/src/printer/prt_escp.c
+++ b/src/printer/prt_escp.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *		Implementation of the Generic ESC/P Dot-Matrix printer.
  *
- * Version:	@(#)prt_escp.c	1.0.5	2018/11/09
+ * Version:	@(#)prt_escp.c	1.0.6	2018/11/09
  *
  * Authors:	Michael Drüing, <michael@drueing.de>
  *		Fred N. van Kempen, <decwiz@yahoo.com>
@@ -1948,6 +1948,7 @@ escp_init(const lpt_device_t *INFO)
     dev = (escp_t *)malloc(sizeof(escp_t));
     memset(dev, 0x00, sizeof(escp_t));
     dev->name = INFO->name;
+    dev->ctrl = 0x04;
 
     /* Create a full pathname for the font files. */
     wcscpy(dev->fontpath, exe_path);
diff --git a/src/printer/prt_text.c b/src/printer/prt_text.c
index 57a8df602..24bf95cbe 100644
--- a/src/printer/prt_text.c
+++ b/src/printer/prt_text.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *		printer mechanics. This would lead to a page being 66 lines
  *		of 80 characters each.
  *
- * Version:	@(#)prt_text.c	1.0.5	2018/11/09
+ * Version:	@(#)prt_text.c	1.0.6	2018/11/09
  *
  * Author:	Fred N. van Kempen, <decwiz@yahoo.com>
  *
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ prnt_init(const lpt_device_t *INFO)
     dev = (prnt_t *)malloc(sizeof(prnt_t));
     memset(dev, 0x00, sizeof(prnt_t));
     dev->name = INFO->name;
+    dev->ctrl = 0x04;
 
     //INFO("PRNT: LPT printer '%s' initializing\n", dev->name);