In the ‘Use’ drop-down menu at the bottom choose ‘Select software’ and choose ‘Xerox Phaser 6000B v2.6’ Now open Printers & Scanners in Mac System Preferences.Īdd Printer and give the IP address of your Dell printer, selecting Line Printer Daemon (LPD) as the Protocol. Pkgutil -expand-full 6010\ 6000\ Installer.pkg expanded Open a Terminal window and issue these commands:
You should now have the file 6000_6010_Print_Installer_v2_6.dmg in Downloads. I have a solution however, if you’re comfortable with a bit of command line manipulation.įirst download (but don’t install) the latest Phaser 6000 drivers from Xerox. The Xerox printer drivers are more recent than Dell’s, but sadly they still don’t support Big Sur. After a bit of playing, I’ve found a way around this.įirst off, it’s worth knowing that the Dell C1760nw colour laser printer is actually a rebadged version of the Xerox Phaser 6000B printer. The upgrade to macOS 11 ‘Big Sur’ has been mostly successful for me, except that I can’t install drivers for my trusty old Dell C1760nw printer.
