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Google Drafts Cloud Printing Plan For Chrome OS

Posted by Soulskill on from the who-needs-drivers-anyway dept.

snydeq writes "Google is unveiling early-stage designs, software code, and documentation for a project whose goal is to let users of the company's Chrome OS print documents to any printer from any application. Called Google Cloud Print, the technology would dispense with the need to install printer drivers by routing print jobs from Web, desktop, and mobile applications via a Chrome OS Web-hosted broker. 'Rather than rely on the local operating system — or drivers — to print, apps can use Google Cloud Print to submit and manage print jobs. Google Cloud Print will then be responsible for sending the print job to the appropriate printer with the particular options the user selected, and returning the job status to the app.'"

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  1. So Google invented.... by Maniacal · · Score: 5, Funny

    So Google invented a print server. Brilliant!!! Those guys are AMAZING. What will they do next. :P

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    1. Re:So Google invented.... by Jazz-Masta · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ah yes, why print locally when you can send it to Google and have them send it back to you. Instead of a print driver...those nasty inefficient things (no really, anyone use HP drivers?), we'll install some software, send it to...THE CLOUD!!!...and have it sent back to us to print.

      And, in the meantime, if someone or something happens to "grab" that confidential document you are trying to print, no problem. What's that? government documents you are trying to print? Send 'em to the cloud, China can't get them there...oh wait.

    2. Re:So Google invented.... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

      You mean something like Postscript?

      I knew there was a word for it ;-)

    3. Re:So Google invented.... by binarylarry · · Score: 4, Funny

      How are they going to insert ads into your printed documents if you're not sending them to cloud?

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  2. Wait... What? by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

    let users of the company's Chrome OS print documents to any printer from any application.

    Lets see here...

    www.goatse.cx

    File -- Print -- Select Printer: CEOOFFICEPRINTER.Apple.Com

    Pages: 200

    PRINT

  3. Re:first! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why is this item red?

    Because Google will support color printing?

  4. alpha by jDeepbeep · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm trying out the alpha, and the printer has an undecipherable message.

    PC_LOAD_GOOGLE

    What does that even mean?

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