Google Cloud Print

Google Cloud Print is a Google service aiming to enable any application (web, desktop, mobile) on any device in the network cloud to print to any printer^[1] – without Google having to create and maintain printing subsystems for all the hardware combinations of client devices and printers, and without the users having to install drivers to the client. ^[1]

Google introduced Cloud Print in April 2010, as a future solution for printing from Google Chrome OS.^[2] Then they made the design document and a preliminary version of the source code available.^[3][4]

Applications can print through a web-based, common print dialog (web UI) or an API. The service then forward the job to the printer registered prior to the service. A new kind of printer will be able to directly connect to Google Cloud Print, current printers will have to connect through a proxy server.^[1]

Google Cloud Print reached beta stage on 25 January 2011.^[5] As current printers cannot accept input from a cloud service, Google Chrome 9 contains a "Cloud Print Connector" – the user will only be able to use Cloud Print while the connector is running.^[6]

Google Cloud Print was first enabled in Google Chrome's development channel; in other builds the service can be enabled through about:flags.^[6]

See also

• AirPrint from Apple

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Google Code Labs: What Is Google Cloud Print?
2. ^ The Chromium Blog: A New Approach to Printing
3. ^ Chromium Code Review: Issue 1566047: First cut of Cloud Print Proxy implementation.
4. ^ eWeek: Google Cloud Print Answers Key Question for Google Chrome OS
5. ^ Android információs és hírportál: Nyomtatás a telefonunkról a Google Cloud Print segítségével
6. ^ ^{a b} Google Operating System: Google Cloud Print, Now Available