Cloud Print
Note: Google Cloud Print has been deprecated as of 1/1/2021... We are currently working on an alternative and wil update this page and instructions once the new service is chosen...
We have set up a project whereby we can print to certain ACOM printers using Google's Print service. I wanted to create some capability to print for visitors who may have Google accounts, but who are not using ACOM-provided equipment. Printing can be done from the Google Chrome browser on a Mac, PC, or certain Linux systems. There is also a Google Cloud Print driver available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/cloudprintdriver.
Requirements
- A Google account
- The Google Chrome browser (https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/)
- A "connector URL" for the printer to which you wish to print (listed below)
- (optional) Google Cloud Print Driver (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/cloudprintdriver)
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Setting up a Cloud printer
- Open Google Chrome and log into your Google account. It doesn't have to be a UCAR-provided Google account – personal accounts work just as well.
- Click on a link below corresponding to the printer you wish to use
Our Cloud printers:
Printing to Google Cloud Print Queues
- Print from within Chrome
- Select the content you wish to print
- In the print dialog which appears on the left hand side of the browser window, change the destination, and choose a print queue from within the Google Cloud Print section.
- Select your other print options and print.
- * To send a document from within any browser
- This works for Firefox and other browsers, and on Linux, OSX, or Windows.
- Go to https://www.google.com/cloudprint
- If not already logged in, sign in to your Google account.
- Click the red *Print* button. A pop-up appears. Select *Upload a File to Print*
- You can choose images or Office documents. In the selection window choose the file to print.
- Select the printer and then click *print*.
Google Apps users, once authenticated, and once the print queues are added, may print via Google Print. This works with non-Windows machines such as Mac and Linux.