Xerox Default Printer Passwords

Xerox makes office printers and multifunction devices with networked admin interfaces. The Xerox records here run across the AltaLink, Document, VersaLink and WorkCentre lines.

Point a browser at whatever your computer reports as its default gateway. On Windows that is the Default Gateway line from ipconfig; on macOS, Network settings shows it under the active connection.

admin is the username on 14 of the 16 entries. One entry asks for no username at all. One model shipped with no password at all.

Where one is set, (random) comes up most often, on 5 entries. There are 5 different passwords across the Xerox set, so check your exact model rather than assuming. 5 of them are reached over a protocol that puts the password on the wire in clear text, so work from a machine on the same wired network rather than across the internet, and change the password once you are in.

There is a recessed reset button on the back or underneath that needs a straightened paperclip. Hold it in for thirty seconds with the unit powered on. Let go when the lights change pattern, and give it a couple of minutes to come back up.

A reset clears more than the password. The Wi-Fi name and key go back to what is printed on the label, port forwards and firewall rules are discarded, and any static addressing is lost. Photograph the settings pages first — it takes two minutes and saves an evening.