<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks, Stephen.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We went with Cloud Print, which finally worked. It was necessary to browse to the printer’s control page, which couldn’t be opened by a browser until the WIFI router was restarted, although Windows and MacBook could reach it to print.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll also try the CUPS option since we have it installed. It previously couldn’t connect, but maybe the router bounce will do the trick.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Victor</div><div class="">__________________</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><div class="">On Aug 28, 2017, at 07:02:16, Stephen Partington <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com" class="">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">The chrome printing back-end is such that you can print to your printer from home. I think the CUPS implementation would be a preferred way to go unless you want to print from android and the like as well.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Victor Odhner <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:vodhner@cox.net" target="_blank" class="">vodhner@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">Wow, this is crazy. I got a new network printer so my wife’s new chromebook could print, and it still turns out to be a major project to get this hooked up. It’s eaten my whole afternoon, with no success. The only official connection they support is via a server at Google, which is downright insane. (Fortunately my wife is not concerned with security.)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The printer is a Brother HL-3170cdw color laser printer. The PC is an acer chromebook.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My five-year-old macbook didn’t have any problem talking to the printer the Old Fashioned Way.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">OK, so this is not totally Off Topic: we have Linux behind Chrome, right? ChromeOS even offers an option to enable CUPS.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll keep poking at this from different angles, but if this Just Worked for someone, I’d appreciate a clue.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Victor</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">P.S. - Please reply privately to following if interested, since this is OFF-Off-Topic: I now have a fully unemployed HP OfficeJet Pro K550. It’s served me well for about 10 years, and I’d like to see it go to a good home for an active retirement. It holds lots of paper, and prints pretty fast. The downside is that it’s got some miles on it and requires a USB connection.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="">------------------------------<wbr class="">---------------------<br class="">
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