cups software package provides Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install cups
cups is installed in your system.
Make ensure the cups package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cups *
You will get with cups package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | Network |
| Package | cups |
| Version | 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.7 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server |
| Sub Section | Net |