#Share a google cloud printer how to

Okay, listen up – If you are printing wirelessly for the first time on your Chromebook, you’ll probably find that clicking CTRL+P on a document and choosing the blue ‘Save’ button at the bottom right of the print preview does not send it to your printer! This is very important and I’ve found that many people who continue to have issues do so because they’ve forgotten to change their print destination. Settings > Printing > Printer icon > Enter name > Enter IP Address > ‘Add’ buttonĬhoose printer manufacturer > choose printer model > ‘Add button Changing your print destination If you see your existing printer listed, tap the three dots next to it and then tap ‘remove’.

Once you’re in the Settings app on your Chromebook, click in the search bar at the top and type in ‘Printing’ to get there.

Since you no longer need it (nor can you use it soon), it reduces confusion later if we just remove it now. You may need to remove it from the Google Cloud Print web interface, but removing it locally should suffice for now. Next – and this is very important – let’s remove your GCP printer from the list of available printers on your device. To get there, all you need to do is tap your ‘ Everything button‘ and search for it. In order to get printing on your Chromebook, you’ll need to visit the Printers section of the Settings app.

“Okay, Michael, I don’t care if I use CUPS or bowls to print, just tell me how to do it!” I hear you – let’s get started. Launch Interactive Tutorial Removing your GCP printer If you’re still having trouble after following their steps, you can refer back to this article for a few important notes on things I’ve encountered over the past 3 years.

It was one of the many tools I had in my belt for my customers in the retail space as a Chromebook Expert and it’s very well done. I’m going to be very specific with today’s tutorial to reduce confusion, so If you just want the cliff notes of the talk, I’ll recommend Google’s excellent step-by-step visual simulator by Partnerdash found below.

#Share a google cloud printer how to