How to Install HP Laser 107w/107a Printer on Linux Mint 22

Setting Up Driver

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

   Download the HP Laser 107w/107a Installer for Linux Mint

   HP Printer Linux Driver Installer .zip

   HP Laser 107w/107a Linux Mint Setup

   Download the latest ULD Linux release available. If not found, select “Choose a different OS,” then OS Linux and again Version Linux. On a Firefox prompt, select “Open with Archive Manager”:

   

4. 4. Extracting HP ULD Driver

   Extract the HP ULD Driver archive into the /tmp directory. If it does not open automatically, double-click on File Manager:

   
   And again for the included archive:
   
   Or from the command line:

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

   If you have trouble finding the location on Terminal, see: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   Then run:

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

5. 5. Installing HP Laser 107w/107a Driver

   To Install HP Laser 107w/107a on Linux Mint, first access the target directory:

   cd /tmp/uld*/uld

   Check if the package is there:

   ls | grep printer

   The grep command refines the output list, showing only the entries matching the keyword. Then give execution permissions:

   chmod +x install*.sh

   Run the installer with:

   sudo ./install.sh

   First, type “q” and then “y” to quit the license agreement and accept it.
   

   For a network printer, try to set up the firewall automatically with “y”. In a few moments, the setup should be complete!