Chromebook users can set up printing the same way Windows or macOS users do—by attempting to print and following the prompts. Google offers animated directions for setting up printers , but the summary is that you need to open your ChromeOS settings then head to Printing.
You'll see an Add Printer button. Make sure your printer is turned on and plugged into your Chromebook, if it uses a cable, or connected to the same network as your Chromebook, if it's a networked printer. You should see your printer in the list of options—add it. Don't see your printer?
Make sure it's compatible. Not every Google Cloud Print user was a Chromebook user—some people just liked the idea of printing from anywhere. Google isn't offering those users an alternative, but that doesn't mean that none exist. Google Cloud Print was built in to many printers, and no one on the market can offer that feature right now. This might change in the future, but it's unlikely any currently existing printers will add the feature after the fact.
So you're probably going to need to set up an app on a computer, then connect that computer to your printer. It's free, first of all, meaning you or your organization can start using it without investing anything up front. It also offers Cloud Print's most compelling feature: the ability to print from anywhere. PaperCut offers companies more advanced management features to customers willing to pay, but they claim the basic version will always be free.
Ezeep Blue is another alternative worth considering. This is the only printing app that currently connects to Zapier, allowing you to do things like automatically print email attachments or automatically print all documents moved to a particular Google Drive, OneDrive, or Dropbox folder.
These are the two main Cloud Print alternatives we recommend right now—we'll try to keep this article up to date if anything changes. Some printers offer their own cloud printing service—Epson, for example, offers Epson Connect , which you can email PDFs to in order to print them. A Zapier community member got this working with Zapier , using our Gmail integration to forward files.
Keep this in mind if you're looking to get your printer working with Zapier—you might be able to build an improvised solution. Printing from anywhere was a good idea in , and it's a good idea now. Happily, there are alternatives out there. Justin Pot is a staff writer at Zapier based in Hillsboro, Oregon.
On a Chromebook, you're taken to a website from which you can install the Mobility Print Chrome extension. You should then be able to start printing remotely right away — a handshake with your server is established via the personalized link you've used to open the website.
You can test if your installation was successful by disconnecting from your home network and see if you're able to see the printer you've set up via mobility print. If you have a tethering plan, you can use your phone's hotspot to do that real quick. Otherwise, you might have to go outside to and look for a public Wi-Fi network. You can easily spot the Mobility Print targets in your printing list thanks to the attached green PaperCut logo. You don't have to worry about opening any ports in your firewall because Mobility Print uses the same ports as video conferencing apps.
Its reliance on existing standards and peer-to-peer connections is also the reason why PaperCut offers Mobility Print for free, as a spokesperson shared with us — PaperCut simply doesn't have to process a lot of data, so it can cross-finance the service via its paid products.
The company hopes that people who are happily using their product at home might recommend it to their work IT departments. Since these are already the last days of Google Cloud Print, you probably don't need to deactivate Cloud Print manually. But if you'd like to clean up your printer selection before the end of the year, you can head to google. The detailed feature comparison.
Have you ever tried Google Cloud Print to print from your Android device? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Sign in. Log into your account. Password recovery. Forgot your password? Get help. Poco packs a bunch of phone into its budget-minded M4 Pro…. Apps Apps. Learn more about your migration options. The apps listed here work with Google Cloud Print. When you submit a print job, you can use the Google Cloud Print management page to track it.
On all devices. You can print any of the open tabs in the Chrome browser to Google Cloud Print. On Chromebooks, Cloud Print is the default print option.
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