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Printing to legacy printers via Chrome running on another PC on the network runs really well, and takes only a few seconds to set up. You may even be able to have Chrome running on your NAS, which would save you having to boot up another desktop.
Failing that, a Raspberry Pi makes a good CloudPrint server. On that, or another Linux machine (your NAS?), you can install CUPS and Cloudprint. That one caught me by suprise too, but if you're Linux-savvy (which your post suggests that you are) you can open a terminal window on your Chromebook (Ctrl-Alt-T) and log into the NAS using ssh, or use a VNC client. Take a look at ShiftEdit if you want an ftp client. Quote:
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I got an html interface working, so we're set for basic functionality, but I'm still surprised how much the thing shuns any sort of local network technologies. At least it has an RDP client. And yet this cheapest of all Chromebooks has a 320GB drive! If not for a linux install, with it's limited local functionality, what on earth do they expect any normal chromebook user to do with all that space?!? Last edited by ApK; 04-14-2013 at 08:44 PM. |
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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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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 |
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But it SHOULD be unacceptable for everyone. Bad enough we're compelled to dispose of cell phones every few years, we don't need printers joining in the disposable mindset. We're supposed to me moving toward open standards, one of the benefits being long-term reusability. Remember winmodems? I don't miss that idea. ApK |
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Google CloudPrint needs to see a printer registered to the CloudPrint service out on the Internet, not just something on your local network. I hope a direct local printing solution will eventually appear. Maybe I should write something...oh wait, there's that "I don't want another hobby" thing. |
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They joined that mindset years ago. It'd actually be cheaper for me to buy a new $35 printer to print off a couple of hundred pages than it would be to pay the $45 it'd cost for a new cartridge to print off the same amount. :/
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