Canon cloud printer offline7/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Symptom: Occasionally, the printer goes offline. Sharing printers via google cloud print may be the only way to print from a Chromebook or Android (direct printing, not by emailing files or photos), because the printer may not support this device or have "drivers" available (stupid manufacturers should use common open protocols, not proprietary device-specific controls). ![]() An old or cheap computer could be set up to run chrome and be the office "print server", saving everyone one else from having to all install the Some newer printers come "Cloud print enabled", other (older dumb, or directly attached) printers will need to have a Chrome browser running on a computer that can print to that printer (and is shared with you). You don't even have to be on the same network, so you can print on the printer at work while you're at home or on the road, or vice versa. If you don't have a printer, or want to pay for some high-quality output, you can also print directly to a Fedex/kinkos office (and probably other commercial print services) ("Print to Fedex Office" is already available when you print from Chrome). Having someone share their printer via google cloud print is an easy way for you to print something there and not bother them every time. Visiting an office or campus, and don't have access to the network printers, don't have the drivers available, etc. Just select that printer in the list of available printers. Or, you can just share the printer with them (like you do any google doc),Īnd it will appear in their list of printers available to them (at least from Chrome). Or they could install the necessary drivers, software, and then come over and configure a new printer. They could send you the file, you could save it, open it and hope it looks the same, doesn't contain any malware, you have the same program and version, and then print it. What it is: Google Cloud Print is a great way to share your printers with someone else all you need is the Chrome browser.
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