Installing an HP Laserjet MFP13x (MFP135A for me) printer on recent ubuntu (18.04, 19.10, 20.04)

This method should work with all printers of the ULD driver family:

- HP Color Laserjet  15x series
- HP Color Laser MFP 17x Series
- HP Laster 10x Series
- HP Laserjet MFP M433
- HP Laserjet MFP M436
- HP LaserJet MFP M72625 72630
- HP Color Laser MFP 13x 30 131 134 135 135a ... series

Under last linux versions, the ippusbxd software blocks the device from working, remove it:

$ sudo apt remove ippusbxd

First, download the drivers from the HP website:

$ wget https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/printers/MFP170/ULDLINUX_V1.00.39_00.12.zip

or the page if url changed: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-laser-mfp-130-printer-series/24494378

if you don't see the driver, try changing the os to linux ubuntu.

The decompact it, and run `./install.sh` in the uld folder. After the license agreement it asks you for a confirmation, whatever is written, type "`y`" and enter, localized replies won't work.

Try running manually all scripts of `x86_64` or `i386` subfolder and check if there are missing libs and install them using the `apt` command (I'll leave you do it, duckduckgo is your friend :)).

Now, copy files from the `x86_64` or `i386` folder (depending on your architecture) to the /usr/lib/cups/filter folder:

$ sudo cp x86_64/* /usr/lib/cups/filter/

Now, reboot.

Then, you can add the printer normally and it will be shown in the detected usb port. If the driver doesn't appear in the list, you can choose a ppd manually for your printer, they are in the uld/noarch/share/ppd folder.

Another troubleshooting: if usb detection doesn't work, look at aa-status to se if cups is blocked. If yes, use aa-complain to move it to the complaint list (again, duckduckgo is your friend :)).

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