Also using CUPS denies google the opportunity to read whatever document
you're printing.
On 12/11/18 10:30 PM, Victor Odhner wrote:
> The setup to do this depends partly on what brand and model of printer
> you have.
>
> Of course it won’t work unless your printer is able to be reached over
> your Internet network, and that you have Internet connection at the
> moment.
>
> I don’t know if you have to be using either a Chrome browser or a
> Chromebook, but those are the only ways that I bothered to do this.
>
> Doing it with Windows was painful for me but I did make it work for
> our Brother printer. I only ran a few tests, because it was a little
> slow and I saw no need to send my printing via the Google Cloud.
>
> In the process I also printed successfully from Chrome on my MacBook,
> which worked more easily.
>
> We ended up using CUPS for quicker response.
>
> Since you said “remotely” I presume you really mean that you want to
> be at some distance, and I guess CUPS only works within the subnet.
> But if you just mean a Wifi connection within your local network, then
> I’d recommend using CUPS.
>
> Again, either way it may be a hassle, but for us it’s now running
> smoothly.
>
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