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How to get worked old Xerox printer in macOS Catalina
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# 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. |
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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