![]() ![]() In the previous section, we covered how to link your Windows printers to Google Cloud Print. RELATED: How to Print Any File From Android Without Copying to Your PC Installing Google Cloud Print Driver As long as this Windows machine stays on to function as a print server, you’ll have access to the printers. ![]() It’s an annoyance, but it takes about 10 seconds to fix.Īt this point, you’ve successfully linked your local printers to the Google Cloud Print network. Fortunately you can just bulk delete the duplicate entries in your Cloud Print control panel. Now, those of you who have already played around with Google Print and used the Google-Chrome-as-Printer-Server work around might pause here and say “Wait a minute, what if I’m installing this feature on a computer that already has direct access to some of the printers in my Google Print account? Won’t this make duplicates?” Yes, yes it will. Confirm the installation and let it finish installing. Once you’ve downloaded the initial installation application by clicking “Accept and Install”, you’ll be prompted by the Windows UAC to authorize the installation. The catch comes later, when the installation app actually calls on Google Chrome (now, whether it actually needs any of the Chrome components to function or Google just wants you to use their browser, is unclear). ![]() Even though it will refuse to let you download the application if you’re not using Chrome, you can actually download it directly with any browser. In order to install the Print Service, you need to first visit the Google Cloud Print Service download page here. Installing Google Cloud Print ServiceĪlthough setting up Google Cloud Print Service isn’t a huge pain, it’s pretty non-intuitive for a Google product. Service to link printers to the cloud Driver to add Google Cloud Print to your default printer list. Now, to avoid any frustration, let’s make that distinction very clear: If you want to integrate your existing printers into your Google Cloud Print account, you install the Service (which we’ll cover in the first portion of the tutorial), but if you want to install Google Cloud Printer as a printer on your computer (so you can print to your existing Cloud Print printers) you need to install the Driver. A copy of the Google Cloud Print Driver (if you want to add Google Cloud Print to your list of default Windows printers).A copy of the Google Cloud Print Service (if you want to link your existing printers to your Cloud Print network).Instead of the relying on a Chrome extension to serve as a print server, you can integrate your printers and Cloud Print at the service level.įor this tutorial, you’ll need a few things: Second, Google Cloud Print Service links all your existing printers directly to Google Cloud Print. Because the new Cloud Print Driver integrates Cloud Print right into Windows like a regular native printer, any application that can access the system printers can access your Cloud Print printers. RELATED: The How-To Geek Guide to Buying the Right Printerįirst, Google Cloud Print Driver adds in print-anywhere functionality to Windows without 1) having to print from Chrome or 2) relying on a third party helper app. In addition to all the benefits you get from Cloud Printing (which we delve deeper into here), thanks to the new releases from Google you now have two awesome ways to access Cloud Print. Cloud Print is a fantastic way to print from any internet-connected location to any Cloud-enabled printer it completely breaks the paradigm of forcing you to transfer a file to a computer on the network directly attached to the printer. ![]()
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