How To Install HPLIP on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install HPLIP on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, HPLIP is official software that supports a wild range of HP printers including Deskjet, Officejet, Photosmart, PSC, Business Inkjet, OfficeJet, LaserJet, and more. By using the application we can connect our HP Printers and Scanners with Linux.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the HPLIP (HP’s Linux Imaging and Printing software) on Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Pop!_OS, and more as well.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: Ubuntu 22.04, 20.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo useror access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install HPLIP on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish

Step 1. First, make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running the following apt commands in the terminal.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Step 2. Installing HPLIP on Ubuntu 22.04.

• Install HPLIP from the Default Ubuntu Repository.

By default, the HPLIP is available on Ubuntu 22.04 base repository. Now run the following command below to install the latest version of HPLIP to your Ubuntu system:

sudo apt install hplip hplip-gui

• Install HPLIP from the Official Website.

Now we download the lasted version of HPLIP from the following link.

wget https://onboardcloud.dl.sourceforge.net/project/hplip/hplip/3.22.4/hplip-3.22.4.run

Then, run the installer via command:

./hplip-3.22.4.run

Follow the on-screen instructions, and provide the basic info to build the HPLIP on your system, once the setup is completed unplug and plug the printer and start the printing.

Step 3. Accessing HPLIP on Ubuntu 22.04.

To set up HPLIP, first connect your device through USB, Network, Wireless, or Parallel Port. After that, open a terminal and issue the following:

hp-setup

Congratulations! You have successfully installed HPLIP. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing HP’s Linux Imaging and Printing software (HPLIP) on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy Jellyfish system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official HPLIP website.