[SOLVED] Xerox DocuPrint P265 dw installation

[MarkHoward]

We are probably going to have to do this in incremental steps.
I'm a little confused whether or not your system detects the printer.
So far I've assumed we are working on a USB connected printer.
Is this right ?
Is the Xerox on your network ?

Assuming USB.
With the PC and printer off, remove any USB cable between them.
Power up the PC
Open 'Printers' and delete any configured devices so that you are back to 'There are no printers configured yet'
Leave the Printers window open
Power up the printer and let it do self tests etc.
Connect a USB cable from the printer to the PC.

After a few seconds, a printer icon may appear in the Printers windows.
If it does, it should have a machine style identifier under it, in your case, probably something like

FX_Docuprint _P265_dw_0000DN5--831912

To confirm, open a terminal (Ctrl, Alt, T) and run this command to show what your system can see via USB.

Code:

lsusb

Please report back what the system shows for these two operations.

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Just done this on a test system and an HP Envy printer.  This happened without needing to Add.

Hi Steve - happy you haven't given up on me 

So far I've assumed we are working on a USB connected printer.
Is this right ?
Is the Xerox on your network ?

Yes - USB connected printer
No - Xerox is not on the network (if I understand the question correctly)

With the PC and printer off, remove any USB cable between them.   YES
Power up the PC   YES
Open 'Printers' and delete any configured devices so that you are back to 'There are no printers configured yet'   THERE WERE NO CONFIGURED DEVICES
Leave the Printers window open   YES
Power up the printer and let it do self tests etc.   YES 
Connect a USB cable from the printer to the PC.    YES

After a few seconds, a printer icon may appear in the Printers windows.    
NO.  WHAT DID APPEAR IS A MESSAGE BOX TOP RIGHT OF SCREEN SAYING 
"Missing printer driver
No printer driver for FX DocuPrint P265 dw"
with a "search" button
If it does, it should have a machine style identifier under it, in your case, probably something like

I have stopped there - in case I break things.

 Thanks