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How to get worked old Xerox printer in macOS Catalina
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Xerox Phaser 3140 macOS Catalina driver update
# Intro
Xerox said that Phaser 3140 hass "level 2" of support which means that Xerox not planning to update it's driver any way.
macOS no longer supports 32bit apps since macOS Catalina, and Xerox drivers installer provided at xerox.com is 32bit-app. But drivers will still work if we can install it. So we just need to install drivers itself manually.
To make it old printers work you just need to copy few files from installer to their designed locations.
# Download
You can download unpacked files from macOS 10.14 (10.11+) or unpack from official site by yourselve.
https://yadi.sk/d/K4Z-FlHFTyT2BQ?w=1
#Installation
Put downloaded files to appropriate path:
folder: /Library/Printers/Xerox/Phaser_3140_3155
files:
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/Xerox Phaser 3140 and 3155.gz
/private/etc/cups/ppd/Xerox_Phaser_3140_and_3155.ppd
After that you can install new printer and chose "Xerox Phaser 3140 and 3155" in "Select software" modal window. If it says that driver is damaged, press Repair button and it works.
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FleXoft commented Mar 25, 2022 •
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For me it says this: "filter failed"

Screenshot 2022-03-24 at 6 49 52

I'm on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 (19H1824). Do you have any suggestions?

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dshershov commented May 20, 2022 •
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@FleXoft yea, me too
Do you found any solution for that?
But i try to use BigSur version MacOS

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FleXoft commented May 20, 2022

Nope. :-(

@dshershov
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@FleXoft oh this is a really sad =(
@santiago26 could you help us?

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FleXoft commented Jun 28, 2022

@dshershov I have good news.
I've upgraded my operating system to Monterey and tried to get my printer working again. I took my old machine, it was still running Mojave and installed the driver program there first, then copied the above mentioned files and direcories from there to the new machine and everything works now on Monterey.
The files I copied were different from the ones I downloaded from the link above. If you need my working files, please let me know and I'll share with you.

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@FleXoft That would be great!
Could you share this files? Thanks

@Twister-maker
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FleXoft, we need your files, for a long time I can not get the printer to work on the new system. Thanks.

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FleXoft commented Jun 28, 2022 •
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@dshershov @Twister-maker

Hi, I put it here: https://github.com/FleXoft/Xerox-Phaser-3140-3155-macOS-Catalina-Big-Sur-Monterey-driver

Unfortunately there was also a window where the permissions were fixed for the printer installation. If you can save that image and send my back I'll also include that. It came up for me on the first installation when I tried via USB.

Have a good try, let me know what operating system did / did not work for you with this driver! 🤞

Cheers,
_flex.

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Hello @FleXoft ,
This is amazing!
It's working for me!
I needed to add permissions to work with these files and it all worked!
Thanks a lot!

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FleXoft commented Jun 29, 2022 •
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👍
Any time! ;-)

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FleXoft commented Jun 29, 2022

Your @dshershov macOS version?

@Twister-maker
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FleXoft, it working on MacOS v12.4 (Monterey), thank you very much!

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@FleXoft it's working on BigSur 11.6 for me!

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FleXoft commented Jul 4, 2022

Hello ALL,
Thanks for your response.

@cassianorabelo
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Any clue on how to do something like this for a Xerox Phaser 3250? Thanks!

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FleXoft commented Mar 10, 2023 •
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I can check it on my old machine to see what is in the given original XEROX printer driver package, but this old machine is not here with me, so I can only check this next week.

I'll get back to you with what I find...

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FleXoft commented Mar 24, 2023 •
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@cassianorabelo I tried to install the latest available driver for 3250 on my old machine:

Screenshot 2023-03-16 at 10 41 14

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but at the end without a real printer I could continue:

Screenshot 2023-03-16 at 10 05 56

You may have to find an old Mac machine around you and install the driver and copy the three directories from that machine which reach the printer over network or maybe USB after a successful installation.

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Hello,
I have done the same for an old MacOS running Catalina using Mojave on VMWare Workstation 16.
After configuring the VM, download the package from Xerox, last available for MacOS (even if it is for an older version), install it and take a copy of the following files
In Library - Printers -> take a copy the directory named Xerox on an USB drive
In Library - Printers - PPDs - Contents - Ressources -> take a copy of the file Xerox Phaser 6110MFP.gz on the USB drive
Go to your old Mac running Catalina and put the directory and files on the same locations (no need to update permissions in my case, just superuser password prompt for copying files)
Add and configure your printer (network one for mine) and that's done !

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FleXoft commented Aug 18, 2023

👍

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