Go to the Xerox download website and get the latest RPM for the Phaser 6010N
then you'll need to expand the RPM into a temporary directory and copy it into the appropriate /usr locations before you can use Cups, since the current Cups doesn't know about this printer.
Here's the steps to do once you open a command line shell.
NOTE: make sure you choose the correct usr directory when you run "rm -fR usr" since you want to clean-up the temporary files you made in directory "temp", not the actual /usr directory
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md ~/temp
cd ~/temp
unzip ~/6000_6010_rpm_1.01_20110222.zip
rpm2cpio rpm_1.01_20110222/Xerox-Phaser_6000_6010-1.0-1.i686.rpm | cpio -idmv
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_AL5CB
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_CC
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_DF
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_EE
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_FXR
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_HBPL
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_MF
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_PR
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_SBP
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_TP
./usr/lib/cups/filter/Xerox_Phaser_6000_6010/XRM_TRC
./usr/share/cups/Xerox/dlut/Xerox_Phaser_6010.dlut
./usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox_Phaser_6000B.ppd.gz
./usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox_Phaser_6010N.ppd.gz
su
chown root.root -R usr
cp -pR usr /
rm -fR usr
exit
rm -fR rpm_1.01_20110222
cd ~
rd temp
Once the code is copied into the right locations, then go to the Mageia Control Center and run Cups to add a printer.
If you are adding the printer as a "Network printer", go to the printer display panel and set/get the correct IP address.
You can confirm this by starting a browser and entering the same IP, for example http://192.168.1.100 (if that is what your printer is located at.
In Cups, choose network drive and select the appsockert/JetDirect option which runs through port 9100, and enter the IP address for your printer (like in this example 192.168.1.100 or whatever address you set/get).
Once the printer is discovered you can then find the correct printer in the Xerox subfolder.
If that didn't work, you can try again, but instead of the Xerox subfolder, select the radio-button "Provide a PPD file" and then go select the file:
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox/Xerox_Phaser_6010N.ppd.gz
Additional resources for anyone looking for more info:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=127310
http://forum.support.xerox.com/ (more tips on the 6010N)
If you get the printer, add the latest firmware to the printer as it has some important fixes, such as the security fix "disable firmware update" set as default.
