foomatic-filters software package provides OpenPrinting printer support - filters, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install foomatic-filters
foomatic-filters is installed in your system.
Make ensure the foomatic-filters package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep foomatic-filters *
You will get with foomatic-filters package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Text Processing |
| Package | foomatic-filters |
| Version | 4.0.17-8 |
| Description | OpenPrinting printer support - filters |
| Sub Section | Text |