If you are one of those people who while you are browsing the internet with your new Chromebook you want to print something and you don’t know how to do it since you have not installed your printer on this computer, then this article is for you.
Of course, the first thing to say is that this is a highly requested tutorial, since many tell us that even though Chrome OS detects the printer, then they can’t proceed to printing. This, because we must install the peripheral.
Yes, unfortunately we could say that Chrome OS has a problem with printers and it is precisely for this reason that we want to show you below how you can install yours on Chromebook.
Register a printer on Chromebook
First of all, then, you have to keep in mind that you will need to have a computer with Windows or Mac OS X operating system, from which you will have to install the printer within the Google Cloud Print service.
This is not a minor detail, since by doing so you can use it from any Chrome browser and when we talk about this environment we refer in the same way to Google’s Chrome OS operating system.
Well, once you have downloaded Google Cloud Print on your Windows or Mac OS X, you have to turn on the printer and connect it to this device, where you must also install the Google Chrome browser.
Done the above, you have to write chrome: // devices in the top bar of it. There you will see all the devices registered in Google Cloud Print, in addition to those that are available for registration, such as this printer.
You will see that the Add printers button appears on which you must obviously click, and when you do, you will be sent directly to a page where you will see those registered in your OS, adding the one that interests you.
Add printer on Chromebook
Once the printer is configured in Google Cloud Print, you are ready to use it on your Chromebook. All you have to do when you want to print a page is press Ctrl + P.
There in Destination you have to go to the Change button, where you will see a list with your printers, selecting the Google Cloud Print option from the list, which is the one that will open the possibility of using the printer in question. Nothing else is needed to print from a Chromebook.
Of course, keep in mind in these cases that to use your printer through Google Cloud Print You need the printer to be connected to the first Windows or Mac computer, and that it still has the Chrome browser installed.
Have you been able to install your printer on Chromebook with this step by step?
