On Saturday, February 25, 2012 05:46:05 PM Robert Benjamin wrote:

On 2/25/2012 12:15 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Robert Benjamin [02-25-12 11:59]:

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Here's what I did Patrick. Apparently it wasn't the same as the first>> time. Test page printed, but just in b& w. localhost:631 takes me to Cups page 1.5.0 entered username and password. Then clicked Administration, Printers, Add printer, clicked that. Add printer page Has box for connection with options. I chose socket://hostname:9100 (hostname is 192.168.1.103) hit continue. Next page: Name box: Xerox. Description: Xerox Phaseer 6140N PS v 1.1, Location box: left blank. Sharing, checked that, then coninue. Next page: Box with Makes of printers scroll to Xerox click it. Get box w/models: the 6140N not there so chose the 6130N Foomatic/Postscript. (This worked in Ubuntu and Windows 7.) Next page: Set default options: click the box Menu page: Xerox at top. 2 boxes under that ,drop down arrows in both. One box: Maintenance, other is Administration. Chose maintenance, top item in drop down box is print test page. It DID print the Cups test page but no color. Now, is the printer set up or do I have to go to the system settings, printers, add printer etc so the printer will work in the system such as email and documents from Libre office and with color. Thanks Hope this helps and is not too detailed.

no, not too detailed. Looks like you have done everything that I would. You might experiment with choosing a different ppd file. I see 4 or 5 listed for the 6130N.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge will comment.

gud luk,

Can you tell me if I have to install the printer from system settings/printer to get it to work. I tried an email and a small document in Libre office and no luck at all. Printer jsut sat there doing nothing. :-( I was encouraged with the test page however. Thanks. Bob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org -- Did you download the correct package for Linux from: http://www.support.xerox.com/support/phaser-6140/downloads/enus.html?operatingSystem=linux&fileLanguage=en

After its downloaded and expanded, you can just copy the PPD file to /etc/cups/ppd and that should give you a working ppd to configure under cups. Thats how I had to do my 6120 ppd. If there are multiple ppd's when you expand the above, they can all be copied to /etc. Then you can try each one and see which works best. When you expand the downloaded file it should make entries in /usr/share/cups/model/ not sure which subfolder. Mine is under downloaded. Hope this helps you. I've been doing this for my 6120 since 2006 when I bought the printer. I just wish Xerox had a later updated ppd. Russ openSUSE 12.1(3.1.9-1.4-desktop x86_64)|KDE Platform Version 4.8.00 (4.8.0 "release 2"|Intel core2duo 2.5 MHZ,|8GB DDR3|GeForce 8400GS(NVIDIA-Linux-290.10-13.1.x86_64) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 2/25/2012 9:42 PM, Joseph Loo wrote:

On 02/25/2012 08:57 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote:

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* Robert Benjamin [02-24-12 13:32]:

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On 02/24/2012 09:30 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: Here's what I did Patrick. Apparently it wasn't the same as the first time. Test page printed, but just in b & w. localhost:631 takes me to Cups page 1.5.0 entered username and password. Then clicked Administration, Printers, Add printer, clicked that. Add printer page Has box for connection with options. I chose socket://hostname:9100 (hostname is 192.168.1.103) hit continue. Next

On 02/24/2012 03:03 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote: page: Name box: Xerox. Description: Xerox Phaseer 6140N PS v 1.1, Location box: left blank. Sharing, checked that, then coninue. Next page: Box with Makes of printers scroll to Xerox click it. Get box w/models: the 6140N not there so chose the 6130N Foomatic/Postscript. (This worked in Ubuntu and Windows 7.) Next page: Set default options: click the box Menu page: Xerox at top. 2 boxes under that ,drop down arrows in both. One box: Maintenance, other is Administration. Chose maintenance, top item in drop down box is print test page. It DID print the Cups test page but no color. Now, is the printer set up or do I have to go to the system settings, printers, add printer etc so the printer will work in the system such as email and documents from Libre office and with color. Thanks Hope this helps and is not too detailed. Bob

Have you looked at the ppd file that comes with the printer? If not, go to xerox and download the xerox cups tar file. Try to load the correct printer ppd file from the xerox file. I suspect the ppd file is not setup properly or either the black and white option on the printer options is set.

I downloaded the ppd file from Xerox. It only gives one file for the 6140N so that's what I used. Worked in Ubuntu. Not sure what a tar file is or if that's what Xerox puts on the website. As a newbie, I have no idea how to expand it. Will try with some help. Thanks. Bob

By the way, I use the add printer from the gnome printer (not the yast) to setup my printer. I find it very easy to set it up. You might want to try YAST add printer instead of doing it via cups.

Not sure what YAST is or how to use it. I tried the only setup I know of, from settings/printer It's on the top right. Sorry for the lack of understanding here. I'm learning though. Thanks again. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Robert Benjamin wrote:

On 02/26/2012 07:11 AM, Robert Benjamin wrote:

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Have you looked at the ppd file that comes with the printer? If not, go to xerox and download the xerox cups tar file. Try to load the correct printer ppd file from the xerox file. I suspect the ppd file is not setup properly or either the black and white option on the printer options is set.

I downloaded the ppd file from Xerox. It only gives one file for the 6140N so that's what I used. Worked in Ubuntu. Not sure what a tar file is or if that's what Xerox puts on the website. As a newbie, I have no idea how to expand it. Will try with some help. Thanks. Bob

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By the way, I use the add printer from the gnome printer (not the yast) to setup my printer. I find it very easy to set it up. You might want to try YAST add printer instead of doing it via cups.

Not sure what YAST is or how to use it. I tried the only setup I know of, from settings/printer It's on the top right. Sorry for the lack of understanding here. I'm learning though. Thanks again.

Lost an email from one of you helpful people. Sorry. Anyway it said to copy the Phaser 6140N ppd to /etc/cups/ppd I did that and it worked great. Went to the cups page and the 6140N ppd was listed in the box so I added it and then set the defaults on the next page, clicked print test page and it worked, and in color! :-) Also prints from email and libre office. Thanks to all you great and patient men. Bob

Glad you got it working. The Xerox printers are expensive but work reliably. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org