Google Cloud-Print

Since Google 's recently-introduced Operating System - Chrome OS basically depends on web-based applications, devices which run on Chrome OS must use a flexible way for physical prints.

So Google now utilizes Cloud print to do the job.

With Cloud Print, you can print documents, photos or anything you need in a new-way. Google-Cloud-print-enabled devices -- such as smart phones, netbooks, laptops or PCs. -- make it easy to print from anywhere!
To use Google Cloud Print, you need to download the application from from Google(supported: Chrome OS , Windows , Linux and Mac OS). Chrome web browser can seamlessly handle print-jobs. If a web page(this will be a general window in Chrome OS) has extensive printer-friendly support, Chrome will use it to do the job. Otherwise it can handle the print-job normally.

It's true that Cloud-Print is not ready yet(on the time of this publication). Google is working hard to extend the plug-able phrase of Cloud-Print.

Google said that their goal is "to build a printing experience that enables any application --whichever web, desktop or mobile -- on any device to print to any printer in the world"

Cloud Print needs to say bye to driver installations and such technical stuff. Their goal is to interact with any printer using open protocols.

To learn how Google Cloud Print work, look at the diagram below.

Applications by Google and other third parties which support print-outs, simply transfer the print-jobs to Cloud Print. Applications can be either web-based, desktop or mobile. Google will manage to build the communication, and Cloud Print will manage the rest.

Users can associate their printers with Google. It will be easy to share printers with friends, co-workers, or anyone you wish, using a few clicks. As said above, no technical stuff anymore.
Then Cloud Printer service transfer the printer job to either legacy printer or cloud-aware printer. All printers exist in today falls as legacy printers. Cloud-aware don't exist yet. Cloud-printers mean a virtually owned printers which are awaiting for print-jobs. Google's goal is to communicate through open-standards with printing industries and handle these print-jobs.

Chromium Print Proxy will act as a interface to Cloud Print and non-Chrome operating systems.
The recently announced Chrome OS will come with built-in support to Cloud Print.

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