Repost: this if from the Tumblr account, just transferring some of my old posts.
UPDATE: This is no longer needed starting from Chrome version 16 on. Cloud printing is now a standard feature. Still no support for chromium though :(
UPDATE: This is no longer needed starting from Chrome version 16 on. Cloud printing is now a standard feature. Still no support for chromium though :(
If you are using Google chrome Beta or Developer builds (possibly stable but I haven't checked) you can enable Google cloud print for printing Google Docs.
To do this simply enter "About:flags" in the URL bar and click enter. Scroll down and enable both the "Print Preview" and "Google Cloud Print". At the bottom of the page you will save the settings.
NOTE: This will not work on Chromium because the libpdf.so is closed source and not packaged with chromium. You can try to extract it from the chrome archive and install it manually if you like -- it didn't work for me.
NOTE: This will not work on Chromium because the libpdf.so is closed source and not packaged with chromium. You can try to extract it from the chrome archive and install it manually if you like -- it didn't work for me.
Now, in a document, when you click on the print button
You will be shown a print preview of the document
Notice the "destination" drop-down menu. If you have already set-up Google cloud printing you should have "cloud printers" as a destination.
Now, just select the right one and happy printing :)
UPDATE: I just realized, with both flags enabled, it allows cloud printing from *any* print job from the browser (not just from Docs). Cool :)
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