

To enable Google Cloud Print on an existing printer, download Google Chrome (onto the computer to which it’s connected. You’ll get the same PC-free functionality from any Wi-Fi capable printer, but it may require additional drivers. They connect to the Internet right out of the box over your home or office Wi-Fi network without needing to run through a host computer and register themselves directly with the Google Cloud Print service, so they’re always available. You can use Google Cloud Print on any printer that connects to the Web (it supports both Windows and Mac), even those that have to be connected to a computer to do so, but if you plan on using the application regularly, consider a Google Cloud Print Ready printer (). Even if she’s turned her printer off for the night the job will wait in queue until she powers it back on.

If Grandma’s pleading for more photos of the grandkids, have her set you up as an authorized user on her Google Cloud Printer and send pictures right to her desk. If you’ve set your office printer up to receive Google Cloud Print requests, you can send the final project over Wi-Fi directly to the printer and it will be waiting for you when you get to work. Let’s say you’re working from home and finish tomorrow’s presentation. Finally, I can print without wrestling with my own printer. Enter Google Cloud Print: a simple application that allows you to print remotely to any Google Print-enabled printer from any computer or mobile electronic device with access to the Internet. Yet just as a home phone is good for emergencies and faxing is often convenient, sometimes you just need to print – forms that require signature, travel confirms, etc.

I refuse to replace my old, ailing printer because I believe it’s a dying technology, like landline phones and fax machines.
