Canon MP272 printer on 18.04

[Brian]

On Wed 26 Sep 2018 at 09:12:38 +0100, REUBY Dianne via ubuntu-users wrote:

> I've been looking at this again, CUPS lists the printer, showing it as
> idle, and using CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.11 (CUPS 2.2.7).
> This is my error message when printing from LibreOffice: "The PPD
> version (5.2.11) is not compatible with Gutenprint 5.2.13. Please run
> `/usr/sbin/cups-genppdupdate' as administrator."
> Before I start messing with things I don't understand I thought I'd
> ask for advice!

Do it! You have nothing to lose. The manual for cups-genppdupdate
(man cups-genppdupdate) should reassure you.

-- 
Brian.