Yeah, my main concern is a newer version of hplip. The current version is 3.17, but I need 3.18 or higher for my scanner to work. I think 20.04 comes with 3.20.

You should be able to install the required dependencies by opening the Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and entering this command: sudo apt install python-dev libcups2-dev libusb-1.0.0-dev libtool-bin libcupsimage2-dev libcrypto++-dev libssl-dev libsnmp-dev libsane-dev python-qt4 python-qt4-dbus python-pyqt5 …