OT: Chromebook to Network Printer

[Stephen Partington]

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.


On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Victor Odhner <vodhner at cox.net> wrote:

> 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.)
>
> The printer is a Brother HL-3170cdw color laser printer. The PC is an acer
> chromebook.
>
> My five-year-old macbook didn’t have any problem talking to the printer
> the Old Fashioned Way.
>
> OK, so this is not totally Off Topic: we have Linux behind Chrome, right?
> ChromeOS even offers an option to enable CUPS.
>
> I’ll keep poking at this from different angles, but if this Just Worked
> for someone, I’d appreciate a clue.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Victor
>
> 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.
>
>
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