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differences in the entry: vendor
Xerox
differences in the entry: model name
Xerox Phaser 6500DN
differences in the entry: possible other names of the device
Phaser 6500N
Phaser 6500DN
Xerox Phaser 6500N
differences in the entry: subtype (laser, inkjet, ..)
laser
differences in the entry: VendorID:ProductID code of the device
0924:3D6A
differences in the entry: year of commercialization
2011
differences in the entry: interface
USB
differences in the entry: GNU/Linux distribution used for the test
trisquel_6_0
differences in the entry: compatibility with free software
A-Full
differences in the entry: does it adopt any techniques to track users?
yes
differences in the entry: tested with the following kernel libre
3.8.6-gnu
differences in the entry: free driver used
cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu6 + Xerox-supplied PPD
differences in the entry: Description
[p]This is a solid-construction, cost-effective duplex printer with Gigabit Ethernet and USB ports suitable to meet the demands of high-volume workgroup printing.[/p]
[code]Linux x201 3.8.6-gnu #2 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 16 11:27:02 EDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux[/code]
[p]
USB-based access:
[code]
[0.000000] usb 1-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[0.295732] usblp 1-1.2:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x0924 pid 0x3D6A
[0.295788] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
[1.419616] usblp0: removed
[1.423005] usblp 1-1.2:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x0924 pid 0x3D6A
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[/p]
[p]Printing via Ethernet [p]The exact model is not supported out-of-box listed in Trisquel driver menus but printing is possible with using either a generic PS driver or device-specific PPD file supplied by Xerox; generic drivers were not tried but likely to succeed. Xerox. The copyright statement of the Xerox-supplied plain-text driver file reads as follows:
[code]
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*% Adobe Systems PostScript(R) Printer Description File
*% Copyright 1987-1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
*% All Rights Reserved.
*% Permission is granted for redistribution of this file as
*% long as this copyright notice is intact and the contents
*% of the file is not altered in any way from its original form.
*% End of Copyright statement
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[/p]
[p]This printer uses "yellow dot" tracking technology as verified by the submitter.[/p]
[p]A 800-page model-specific service manual exists and may be found on the internet; it is unclear if it should be considered a public document.[/p]
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