Printer HP 107w/107a Installation in Ubuntu 23.04 – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Ubuntu 23.04 HP Laser 107w/107a Printer Setup – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install HP Laser 107w/107a Printer in Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar GNU/Linux Desktop.

And the HP Laser 107w/107a Ubuntu Driver Installation is Easy, and it involves only the execution of some Basic Shell Commands.

Especially relevant: this Rebranded HP Printer use the original Samsung Unified Linux Driver.

Finally, to achieve the Setup follow the included instructions on How to Add HP 107w/107a Printer on Ubuntu Desktop.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   

   And Update Ubuntu Apt Repository:

   sudo apt update

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

2. 2. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Required Packages on Ubuntu
   Simply play:

   sudo apt install cups cups-client cups-filters cups-ipp-utils unzip

3. 3. Downloading HP Laser 107w/107a Driver

   Download HP Laser 107w/107a Installer for Ubuntu

   HP Printer Linux Driver Installer .zip

   HP Laser 107w/107a Ubuntu Setup

   Grab the Latest ULD Linux Release available.
   If Not Found the Select “Choose a different OS”, then OS Linux and again Version Linux.
   And on a Firefox Prompt possibly Select the “Open with Archive Manager” option:

   

4. 4. Extracting HP ULD Driver

   Then Extract HP ULD Driver Archive into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click on File Manager:

   And Again for the Included Archive: Or from Command Line:

   unzip -d /tmp/ ~/Downloads/uld*.tar.gz

   (But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.)
   And again:

   tar xvzf /tmp/uld*.tar.gz -C /tmp/