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Google is shutting down its cloud printing service
Printing documents over the web using Google Chrome is about to get a bit more complicated for some users as Google has announced that Cloud Print will no longer be supported in 2021.
Cloud Print is a useful service that allows users to print directly from Chrome on desktop and mobile without having to physically connect a printer to their device.
Despite being released in 2010, the service is actually still in beta but now it will never see a full release as Google has published a support document advising Cloud Print users to look for alternative online printing solution before the beginning of next year, which reads:
“Cloud Print, Google’s cloud-based printing solution that has been in beta since 2010, will no longer be supported as of December 31, 2020. Beginning January 1, 2021, devices across all operating systems will no longer be able to print using Google Cloud Print. We recommend that over the next year, you identify an alternative solution and execute a migration strategy.”
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @01:15PM (1 child)
gawd i wish there were a tesla truck for printers:
square metal shiny box with all paper INSIDE. a top that can be lifted to scan/copy and TWO connections: one AC in plug and a ethernet.
the maker is just a simple, maybe a icon of a printer in bright yellow.
it is a LASER.
we can discuss how many buttons are required and if it needs its own display.
ah ... the paper-out slot has a flap that closes mechanically(!) after printer so no bugs and ants and reptiles can sneak in.
if you want wireless,printing connect it (via ethernet) to your AP.
also it runs cups.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @01:22PM
if you really really need a manufacturer name call it "192.168.0.1” and print it in yellow bold-italic IMPACT font
across the front.
"what you need today sir?"
"a printer.
"wat model"
"teh 192.168.0.1(tm)"
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