Mint 20 no colour printing.

[Tony-b]

I upgraded to Mint 20 (standard version) last night and I found my Xerox Phaser 6510 would only print in grey scale/B&W, After much messing about I Timeshifed back to 19.3 and colour printing is correct now.

Only posted in case others hit this snag.

[ajmarshall]

Did you ever get your printer working under Mint 20? I just purchased a Phaser 6510, and I too am having difficulty getting it to print in color. I'm wondering if it's a driver issue or a Mint 20 issue. I can't seem to find a Linux driver for the 6510, so I am using the 6360DN driver.

[absque fenestris]

I upgraded to Mint 20 (standard version) last night and I found my Xerox Phaser 6510 would only print in grey scale/B&W, After much messing about I Timeshifed back to 19.3 and colour printing is correct now.

Only posted in case others hit this snag.

From Xerox - Linux Package for Phaser 6510 - Do you have that in use?

Xerox Office Standard Driver .DEB x86_64 ..... https://www.support.xerox.com/en-us/pro ... ent/146849



As far as a Xerox Phaser 6200 DP color laser on Linux Mint 20 (Cinnamon) is concerned: the printer works perfectly, with all setting options.
In big difference to Windows and macOS where the Phaser has not been operational for many years.

viewtopic.php?f=51&t=327672

[blueicetwice]

I am having the same issue and MX-Linux, Manjaro 20 and Mint 20.

When I press the test page I get a colour copy But when
I try to print a regular page in col our, it only prints black and white.

Now I can see why duckduckgo could not find any links to fix this problem.

Problems like these will do nothing to attract users to Linux and their cousins.

I will see if Xerox has a Linux driver.

[absque fenestris]

Supported products (Linux)

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  ColorQube 8700
  ColorQube 8900
  ColorQube 9301/9302/9303
  Xerox D95/D110/D125 Copier/Printer
  WorkCentre 7220/7225
  WorkCentre 7830/7835/7845/7855
  WorkCentre 5845/5855
  WorkCentre 5865/5875/5890
  Phaser 3610
  WorkCentre 3615
  WorkCentre 5945/5955
  Xerox D136 Copier/Printer and D136 Printer
  Phaser 4622
  WorkCentre 3655
  WorkCentre 6655
  WorkCentre 7970
  WorkCentre 4265
  ColorQube 8580
  ColorQube 8880
  Xerox Color C60/C70
  Integrated Color Server
  WorkCentre 3655i
  WorkCentre 5945i/5955i
  WorkCentre 6655i
  WorkCentre 7830i/7835i/7845i/7855i
  WorkCentre 5865i/5875i/5890i
  WorkCentre 7220i/7225i
  WorkCentre 7970i
  VersaLink B7025/B7030/B7035
  VersaLink C405 Color Multifunction Printer
  VersaLink C400 Color Printer
  VersaLink B405 Multifunction Printer
  VersaLink B400 Printer
  Phaser 6510
  WorkCentre 6515
  Phaser 3330
  WorkCentre 3335/3345
  AltaLink B8045 / B8055 / B8065 / B8075 / B8090 Multifunction Printer
  AltaLink C8030 / C8035 / C8045 / C8055 / C8070 Color Multifunction Printer
  VersaLink B605/B615 Multifunction Printer
  VersaLink B600/B610 Printer
  VersaLink C500 Printer
  VersaLink C600 Printer
  VersaLink C505 Multifunction Printer
  VersaLink C605 Multifunction Printer
  VersaLink C7000 Printer
  VersaLink C7020/C7025/C7030 Multifunction Printer
  VersaLink C8000 Color Printer
  VersaLink C9000 Color Printer
  WorkCentre EC7836/EC7856
  Xerox B1022/B1025 Multifunction Printer
  PrimeLink C9065/C9070 Printer
  AltaLink C8130 / C8135 / C8145 / C8155 / C8170 Color Multifunction Printer
  AltaLink B8145 / B8155 / B8170 Multifunction Printer
  Xerox ED95A/ED125 Copier/Printer
  PrimeLink B9100/B9110/B9125/B9136

[blueicetwice]

Thank you, absque fenestris, as my Phaser 6180N is not listed.
Well at least your post saved more hours looking for a solution.
It is now good dat I reinstalled OS7, as Linux is providing to have
numerous defects.

What this tell me that manufacturers have no interest in providing drivers
for equipment that is a decade or older. They must figure that half or more
of their product is in the town [community] dump.

[absque fenestris]

Thank you, absque fenestris, as my Phaser 6180N is not listed.
Well at least your post saved more hours looking for a solution.
It is now good dat I reinstalled OS7, as Linux is providing to have
numerous defects.

What this tell me that manufacturers have no interest in providing drivers
for equipment that is a decade or older. They must figure that half or more
of their product is in the town [community] dump.

https://www.support.xerox.com/en-us/pro ... ributeId=

Phaser 6180.png (12.05 KiB) Viewed 298 times

Certainly my Phaser is supported much better by Linux than yours ...

[blueicetwice]

I did download dat file, however, it came up "read only."
I did not change any settings to the file system.
I must have the Mint 20 torture edition.

Yesterday, I received all of my DVD OS from linuxonline,
so I am seriously considering just doing a reinstall of 20.

I now regret leaving Mint 19.3, which had much less tech
issue. Maybe everyone should kept their current OS for a
decade before upgrading.

absque fenestris, thanks for the post which confirms I d/l
the correct driver.

BTW, this driver issue is not a Linux issue but it comes back again
to very poor documentation.

[absque fenestris]

All you really need is the right PPD file for your Phaser.

Make a new "Phaser" folder in your "Home" folder and drag the appropriate PPD (something with Phaser or xrx 6180n.ppd) into it.
In the printer management "Choose Driver" you then navigate to this new Phaser folder and select this PPD file.

Please also see my post here: viewtopic.php?f=51&t=327672&hilit=printer+grey

My Phaser 6200DP has not been officially supported in Linux for a long time, but with this simple measure all printing, color and quality settings are fully accessible.

[blueicetwice]

Danke, you are a genius, absque fenestris

[absque fenestris]

Danke, you are a genius, absque fenestris

I'm glad, that it worked ...