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26 points

Xerox Color 6120 Laser Printer a no go.

Everything was going so well and now it appears that I can not use my Xerox 6120. It didn't set it up automatically and even went back and loaded all the Printer Drivers and there is almost none for any Xerox Phaser printer. I went a found an old .gz file and put that in the PPD library and it says it was not installed correctly. Has anyone had any luck with Xerox network printers?

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.6)

Posted on Aug 28, 2009 1:18 PM

34 replies

Sep 3, 2009 2:08 PM in response to guidingbyte

guidingbyte:

I certainly hope so! http://download.support.xerox.com/pub/drivers/CompatibilityMatrix/other/macosx/en/MacOSX10-6Matrix.pdf

sez - Phaser 6110 / 6120 This product is not supported for Mac OS X 10.6.

If that's the case I can kiss my two 6120's, one w/ duplexer good-bye (maybe they'll take two as a trade up for a 6280DN)

Sep 4, 2009 11:02 AM in response to guidingbyte

My Phaser 6120 works over the network from 10.6 clients when using the driver from this page:

http://www.openprinting.org/showprinter.cgi?recnum=Xerox-Phaser6120

It appears that all options are supported (though I don't have a duplexer or hard disk attachment to test), supply levels are properly reported.

Listed next to "Recommended Driver" chose "Custom PPD". Save this file somewhere (if prompted *do not* append the .txt extension). When adding the printer select "Other" as the type and then browse to the file you downloaded from the above site.

Direct link to the .PPD file:

http://www.openprinting.org/foomatic-db/db/source/PPD/Xerox/xrx6120pu.ppd

Jim McKee

Level 2

163 points

Sep 4, 2009 11:44 AM in response to Shango1980

Shango ...

Thanks for this.

Besides the custom PPD there are two driver packages listed:
All architectures (RPM for LSB 3.2)
All architectures (DEB for LSB 3.2)

Do one of these have to be installed first? If so, which one?

Thanks again.

Sep 4, 2009 11:56 AM in response to Jim McKee

Jim,

The PPD is the only thing that is required. The RPM/DEB driver packages are for Linux systems (OS X and Linux often share the same underlying print system (CUPS)).

-Justin

Sep 4, 2009 12:01 PM in response to Shango1980

I just double checked and it isn't necessary to worry about removing the .txt extension. It works with or without.

Pieroga

Level 1

8 points

Sep 5, 2009 10:07 AM in response to Shango1980

I just installed the Xerox Linux PPD and everything goes smoothly.

guru

Level 1

0 points

Sep 7, 2009 11:52 AM in response to guidingbyte

i found this info on this thread...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2144674

and so far it works... hope it keeps on working!

thanks Dana

Jim McKee

Level 2

163 points

Sep 8, 2009 8:54 AM in response to guidingbyte

Xerox now has a Snow Leopard compliant driver as of 4 September:

http://www.support.xerox.com/go/results.asp?Xtype=download&prodID=6120&Xlang=en_ US&Xcntry=USA

Driver Installer Package for Mac 10.6
Version: Date: 9/4/2009 Size: 298.7KB Language: English (US)
This driver and installer package has gone through basic internal testing and offers fully functional features for use in Mac 10.6.

guidingbyte Author

Level 1

26 points

Sep 8, 2009 1:39 PM in response to Jim McKee

Do you install this as BonJour printer? I tried it and it set-up fine but each time I try to print anything it just Pauses the Printer.

Sep 16, 2009 10:32 PM in response to guidingbyte

Well I installed this new driver on my wife's new Macbook Pro 13.3" and for 3 different documents, all it did was spew out raw Postscript code. Switching back to the 6130 driver corrected this with all documents.

Sep 21, 2009 7:29 AM in response to Shango1980

I have tried both 6120 approaches, the one referred to on the openprinting.org page and the one from the Xerox site. They both load and I can access the printers using a web browser but neither of them will print from my computer. They pause immediately regardless of what I print. I called Xerox for help and they won't help me because I have an airport network! Great support.

Before I go off and buy 2 new printers (one home and one office), does anyone have any ideas beyond the ones listed.

outaluck

Level 1

4 points

Sep 23, 2009 4:37 PM in response to Sheila Mello

Finally got my 6120 working. Switched the connection from Ethernet to USB. Works fine. (Now if I can just get my other two printers working)

Howard_H

Level 1

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Oct 1, 2009 9:43 PM in response to Greg Magsaysay

I've experienced the same thing too. If you do it from bonjour, it will spew out garbage. I've tried and install it manually by adding IP printer and selected HPJetdirect. In the bottom "Print Using" select the new snow leopard phaser 6120 beta driver. Add the printer and try printing a page, that should fix it and the printer won't spew out garbage codes anymore. My Phaser 6120 is back on the job like before now. Hope this helps.

Howard.

guidingbyte Author

Level 1

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Oct 12, 2009 7:56 AM in response to guidingbyte

To anyone still following this thread, I finally gave up on getting the 6120 to work over the network. I tried everything but with toner getting low anyway, I decided to buy another printer rather than continue with this and spend another $200 to $300 dollars on toner. It shouldn't come as a surprise that I did not buy another Phaser. I did get a Lexmark 543 at Staples for $299. The only thing I don't like about it is that it is not true Adobe Postscript but emulation. The 543 prints better than the 6120, is faster, has the same 128MB of RAM and will auto duplex. It is also much quieter, supplies are cheaper and easier to change.

Oct 17, 2009 7:05 AM in response to Howard_H

Howard_H wrote:
I've experienced the same thing too. If you do it from bonjour, it will spew out garbage. I've tried and install it manually by adding IP printer and selected HPJetdirect. In the bottom "Print Using" select the new snow leopard phaser 6120 beta driver. Add the printer and try printing a page, that should fix it and the printer won't spew out garbage codes anymore. My Phaser 6120 is back on the job like before now. Hope this helps.

Howard.

I had the same problem.

I've solved using your hint

Thanks

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Message was edited by: santandrea

Xerox Color 6120 Laser Printer a no go.