package cups 1.5.2-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Emily Maher]

Apport says:

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: cups 1.5.2-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Wed Feb 29 13:16:28 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120201.1)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: LENOVO 4287CTO
Papersize: a4
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=4df4306d-0fbd-4fb5-bbda-ee15a859a65d ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.5.2-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 05/18/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET46WW (1.16 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4287CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET46WW(1.16):bd05/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4287CTO:pvrThinkPadX220:rvnLENOVO:rn4287CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4287CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO