{"id":13960,"date":"2017-05-10T11:49:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T06:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=13960"},"modified":"2017-05-10T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T06:19:43","slug":"how-to-print-from-a-chromebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-print-from-a-chromebook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Print From A Chromebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Chrome OS stage may have been here now for over five years yet it&#8217;s still in a stage where it&#8217;s considered as an <strong>evolving ecosystem<\/strong>. On the off chance that you are originating from a develop desktop stage like Windows or OS X, you&#8217;d be astonished to see that Chrome OS does not have the capacity to print through the regular way. Fundamentally, Chromebooks don&#8217;t highlight a port to associate with printers specifically and besides, they don&#8217;t support USB printers.<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>Along these lines, on the off chance that you have been utilizing a Chromebook and need to print a document, web page, picture and so on., there&#8217;s just a single way and that is through Google Cloud Print. All things considered, here&#8217;s the means by which to set up Google Cloud Print on a Chromebook:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"set-up-google-cloud-print-on-chromebook\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Set up Google Cloud Print on Chromebook<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Open up Chrome\u00a0<\/strong>and hit the\u00a0<strong>menu three-dot button<\/strong>\u00a0at the top right and go to \u201c<strong>Settings<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13980\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chromebook-Settings.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"418\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chromebook-Settings.png 418w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chromebook-Settings-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Settings page, scroll down below and click on \u201c<strong>Show Advanced Settings<\/strong>\u201c. Then, scroll down further and you should find a\u00a0<strong>Google Cloud Print section<\/strong>. Here, click on \u201c<strong>Manage<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13991\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-show-advanced-settings-1.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-show-advanced-settings-1.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-show-advanced-settings-1-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have added any printers in the past to your Google account, you will find them listed here. If you are using it for the first time, you can click on \u201c<strong>Add printers<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-Cloud-Print-Add-Printers.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-Cloud-Print-Add-Printers.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-Cloud-Print-Add-Printers-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will then see a list of all the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/cloudprint\/learn\/printers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Cloud Print supported printers<\/a>\u00a0that are connected to the same WiFi network as you and are available to be registered.\u00a0<strong>Select the printer(s)<\/strong>\u00a0you want to use and click on \u201c<strong>Add printer(s)<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-Cloud-Print-Printers-Available.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-Cloud-Print-Printers-Available.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-Cloud-Print-Printers-Available-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p>Once done, the printers will be available for all your printing needs on Chromebook. To remove a printer or check the printers added, you can again go to the Cloud Print manage page through Chrome Settings.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"add-a-local-printer-to-cloud-print\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Add a local printer to Cloud Print<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a Cloud Print supported printer, you will have to go ahead and\u00a0<strong>add your classic or local printers through a Mac or Windows PC<\/strong>. To do so, first you will have to add the local printer through your usual \u201cPrinter &amp; scanners\u201d settings in Windows and OS X.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Windows-10-add-printer.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Windows-10-add-printer.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Windows-10-add-printer-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mac-add-printer.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mac-add-printer.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mac-add-printer-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the local printer is added on your PC or Mac, you will have to\u00a0<strong>open up Chrome on a Mac or PC and repeat the aforementioned steps<\/strong>\u00a0to add printers to your Google account with Cloud Print. Once done, you can login with the same\u00a0Google account on your Chromebook and you will find the printers available for you.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"start-printing-on-chromebook\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Start Printing on Chromebook<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>After you have set up and added Cloud Print enabled printers to your Google account, you can start printing from your Chromebook.<\/p>\n<p>To print from a Chromebook, just open the file, document, webpage or picture you want to print and press the key combo of\u00a0<strong>Ctrl+P<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>right click anywhere on the page<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and select<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201cPrint\u201d.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>You can also go to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Menu-&gt;Print<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to start printing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-change-printer.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-change-printer.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-change-printer-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you have pressed the key combo or the print button, you will get a preview of the print.<\/p>\n<p>Here, you can click on the \u201c<strong>Change<\/strong>\u201d button besides \u201cDestination\u201d to\u00a0<strong>change the printer<\/strong>. Once you have selected the printer, you can click on \u201cPrint\u201d and your document, picture or webpage will be printed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-available-printers.png\" alt=\"How to Print From A Chromebook\" width=\"586\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-available-printers.png 586w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Chrome-OS-available-printers-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<p><strong style=\"color: #993300;\">Ready to start printing on your Chromebook?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Cloud Print, enabled printers are pretty easy to add on a Chromebook, there\u2019s no way to natively\u00a0add classic local printers on Chrome OS, which is a disgrace. You can only do that when you have a Windows PC or a Mac, which certainly ruins the purpose of Chromebook being a standalone computer.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you are okay with that, you can go ahead and follow the above-mentioned steps to start printing from your Chromebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Print From A Chromebook &#8211; PC &#8211; Google&#8217;s Chrome OS stage may have been here now for over five years yet it&#8217;s still in a stage where it&#8217;s considered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5739],"tags":[41732,41746,41724,41727,41731,41741,41749,41751,41750,10988,41742,41744,41745,41739,41726,41725,41728,41730,41747,41736,41743,41740,41748,41734,41738,41737,41733,41729,41735],"class_list":["post-13960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-chrome-print","tag-cloud-print","tag-cloud-print-app","tag-cloud-print-for-android","tag-cloud-print-for-windows","tag-cloud-print-google","tag-cloud-printer","tag-could-print","tag-google-air","tag-google-chromebook","tag-google-cloud","tag-google-cloud-account","tag-google-cloud-computing","tag-google-cloud-print","tag-google-cloud-print-android","tag-google-cloud-print-app","tag-google-cloud-print-app-for-android","tag-google-cloud-print-for-windows","tag-google-cloud-printer","tag-google-cloud-printer-for-android","tag-google-cloud-services","tag-google-print","tag-google-printer","tag-how-to-connect-printer","tag-how-to-use-google-cloud-print","tag-hp-cloud-print","tag-printer-connection","tag-printer-setup","tag-samsung-cloud-print"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}