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Long time ago, mobile phones devices were just used as tools
to manage our work and business, with other petty facilities to enjoy it a bit.
But now, hand held devices like iPhone or Android have grown invaluably with the
heap of features embedded in them.
Would you like the ability to print your notes or email
as soon as you read them? Well, the technology to make that happen now exists
on Android and some other mobile platform. But this post will focus on how
to print data like images or emails on your Android device wherever
you are, at anytime, at anywhere.
Google Cloud Print is
the awesome tool, which enables Android OS users to easily print from their
mobile devices. For those who don’t really know the meaning of Google Cloud
Print, the Google Account users need to associate their printers with the
Google account via this service after which with the help of cloud technology
the documents can be printed from your Google account via the assigned
printers.
It allows users to print anything from their
Android devices, to any cloud-connected printer. Since the file(s) you want
to print is/are securely sent to your printer over the web, you don’t need to
care whether your printer is at home, or work. You can even print when you are
in another continent. You don’t need any complex network setups to start
printing on your device. Google Cloud Print comes with the support of printing
the files which comes with the formats: pdf, jpg, jpeg, docx, ods, xls, xlsx,
ppt and odp.
Some main features of Google Cloud Print are:
- Share
printers with friends
- mail
printing
- sms
printing
- print
job management
-
internal file browser
- webpage
printing
- printer
managment ( Printer options )
- Print
from clipboard
How to Print on Your Android Using Google Cloud Print
To get started, you need a Google account to use Google
Cloud Print. A gmail account will do the work, so you don’t have to worry
because you already have one.
You will also need a Google Chrome browser on your PC,
before you can connect a printer on your PC to Google Cloud Print. Google
Cloud Print connector also needs to be activated in Chrome.
1.
Connect your printer to your PC.
2. Click
the wrench icon in the upper right hand corner of Google Chrome and then choose
“Options”.
3. Click
the “Under the Hood” tab. Scroll to the bottom to the Google Cloud Print
section and click “Sign in to Google Cloud Print.”
4. In the
dialog that appears, sign in to your Google Account to enable Google Cloud
Print.
5. When
you have signed in, you will see a confirmation page
To verify you have successfully connected your printer,
print out a test page.
To print from your Android phones and tablets, you can
use the built-in Cloud printing features available in Gmail or Google Docs.
Alternatively, you can download the Google Cloud Print App to your device from here.
Conclusively, if you only print on rare occasions, you
could also consider going through the manual route. All you just do is sync
your Android phone or tablet with your PC, copy the data you want to print on
your PC, and then print from there. Alternatively, you could email the file to
yourself, and then print it from your computer.
Got any option or idea that works? It is welcome. Share
it via the comment.
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