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

[Carl E. Foraker]

Clean install of Ubuntu 12 on a Dell Precision 360. Error occured following a partial upgrade

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: 1.94-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CupsErrorLog:

CurrentDmesg:
 [ 28.836182] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Output DVI-I-1 is running on CRTC 0 using output A
 [ 30.256685] init: plymouth-stop pre-start process (1257) terminated with status 1
 [ 33.536024] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
 [ 659.562282] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 3 on vga encoder (output 0)
 [ 1728.156102] [drm] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Setting dpms mode 0 on vga encoder (output 0)
Date: Sat Mar 3 07:45:11 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120117)
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: No destinations added.
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Precision WorkStation 360
Papersize: letter
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-17-generic-pae root=UUID=ce3b1bbe-8fcb-4a1f-8db6-34eb2c2813b3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: cups
Title: package cups 1.5.2-5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-03 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/20/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A03
dmi.board.name: 0W2563
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA03:bd10/20/2003:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnPrecisionWorkStation360:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0W2563:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation 360
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation