## page was renamed from HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/XeroxPrinters ||<>|| = Xerox Phaser 3116 Printer = This was tested with the 3116 printer, but should probably work with 3115, 3120, 3130, 3150, and 3420. == Plug in the printer == * Plug in the printer and power it up, you should see this in {{{dmesg}}}: {{{ [4564914.736000] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 [4564915.821000] drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04E8 pid 0x3265 [4564915.822000] usbcore: registered new driver usblp [4564915.822000] drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver }}} == Install drivers from the printer disc == * copy the disc contents to /tmp/printer and run: {{{ sudo ./setup.sh }}} * select "Expert" * leave the defaults: * Install path: "/usr/local/linuxprinter" * Link path: "/usr/bin" * Install CUPS 1.1 = Off * Printing System: "CUPS Printing System" * Startup menu entries (KDE/Gnome) = On * press "Begin install" * press "Start" * copy the ppd files from the cd to /usr/share/ppd/Xerox: {{{ cd /usr/share/ppd/Xerox sudo cp /tmp/printer/ppd/c/*.ppd . sudo chmod a-x Phaser-* }}} * restart cups: {{{ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart }}} == Enabling cupsys Web Admin Interface == * goto System\Administration\Users_and_Groups * enable "Show all users and groups" * goto the "Groups" tab * select the group "shadow" and press "Properties" * add ther user "cupsys" to the group members list * set a password for the cupsys user: {{{ sudo passwd cupsys }}} * restart cups: {{{ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart }}} == Add the printer to cups == * run the Linux Printer Configuration program: {{{ sudo linux-config }}} (when asked for the root user password, enter user=cupsys and the password you defined earlier) * press "Add a Printer" * press "Pick PPD file..." and select "/usr/share/ppd/Xerox/Phaser-3116.ppd" * open the "Connection" tab * select "USB" * leave "Device" with default (/dev/usb/lp0) * define the settings in the "Settings" tab * the new printer should appear in "Linux Printers" on the left * to test the printer, press "Ctrl+T" (or Print\Test_page) ----