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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 Aug 18, 2023

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FleXoft commented Apr 27, 2024

This trick/workaround still works even on the latest Mac. I checked it on a new M3 MacBook Air with macOS Sonoma 14.4.1.

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