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Originally Posted by frahse
I have not found anything there that answers my question.
You have
a chromebook
an older wireless (not designated cloud) printer
a wireless router that both hook to, or even 2 wireless routers, one for each
What do you do to make cloud printing work?
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You need to have another PC available on the network that is capable of printing to that printer. The simplest way is if the other PC can run Chrome, in which case it's a one-time settings change to link the printer to Chrome. See:
https://support.google.com/cloudprin...r/1686197?rd=1
After that, as long as the PC is also running, your Chromebook will recognise the legacy printer. It's quite forgiving, in that the Chromebook will send the print job even if the PC is off, so you can switch it on later and the queued job will print. (Quite handy if the PC is next to the printer and you're at the other end of the house.)
As I noted above, another way of doing it, but only for the more technically-savvy, is to set up a Linux device as a print server - something that you can leave on all the time, like a Raspberry Pi, or (I assume this is possible) your NAS.
On a final note, having to buy a new printer when changing OS isn't unusual. I had to do this when moving from Win 98 to XP and then again from XP to Windows 7. (The first because Windows Printing System was no longer supported, and the second because Win 7 drivers weren't available.)
Graham