Anyone setup Google Cloud Printing?

My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons
there are to doing it?

I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well, and I
can't see leaving it on while on the road (if that's a requirement) just
to print something I can print later when I get home. I can print to a
PDF and save for later printing.

For me it's just one of those things I thought I try to setup, "a
challenge".

Big Al wrote:

My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons
there are to doing it?

I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well, and I
can't see leaving it on while on the road (if that's a requirement) just
to print something I can print later when I get home. I can print to a
PDF and save for later printing.

For me it's just one of those things I thought I try to setup, "a
challenge".

Since the printout won't be physically available until you reach home,
there's not much of an advantage, if any, to printing something before
you can get at it. Just "print" to a file if something is transitory.
That is, you have to "print" it now because it won't be available later.
Printer to a .pdf file using many of the available PDF emulation
printers and e-mail the .pdf file or store online until you get home to
then do the real print there (if you really need a hardcopy versus just
having the content saved in a file).

On Tue, 8 Apr 2014 00:16:37 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Big Al wrote:

My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons
there are to doing it?

I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well, and I
can't see leaving it on while on the road (if that's a requirement) just
to print something I can print later when I get home. I can print to a
PDF and save for later printing.

For me it's just one of those things I thought I try to setup, "a
challenge".

Since the printout won't be physically available until you reach home,
there's not much of an advantage, if any, to printing something before
you can get at it. Just "print" to a file if something is transitory.
That is, you have to "print" it now because it won't be available later.
Printer to a .pdf file using many of the available PDF emulation
printers and e-mail the .pdf file or store online until you get home to
then do the real print there (if you really need a hardcopy versus just
having the content saved in a file).

If you don't need to print it till you get home, just save it on the
laptop you wrote it with, or a USB stick. Then connect your laptop to
the printer with a cable rather than an internet connection that goes
halfway round the world. I've yet to be convinced that it isn't utter
madness to keep your personal stuff on somebody else's computer, even
if the somebody else isn't Google.

I wonder why Chromebooks are so cheap? It's almost as if they're
subsidised by somebody. I wonder why they would do that? It's not like
commercial companies to give stuff away just because they love us.

Rod.

Roderick Stewart wrote:

On Tue, 8 Apr 2014 00:16:37 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Big Al wrote:

My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons
there are to doing it?

I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well, and I
can't see leaving it on while on the road (if that's a requirement) just
to print something I can print later when I get home. I can print to a
PDF and save for later printing.

For me it's just one of those things I thought I try to setup, "a
challenge".

Since the printout won't be physically available until you reach home,
there's not much of an advantage, if any, to printing something before
you can get at it. Just "print" to a file if something is transitory.
That is, you have to "print" it now because it won't be available later.
Printer to a .pdf file using many of the available PDF emulation
printers and e-mail the .pdf file or store online until you get home to
then do the real print there (if you really need a hardcopy versus just
having the content saved in a file).

If you don't need to print it till you get home, just save it on the
laptop you wrote it with, or a USB stick. Then connect your laptop to
the printer with a cable rather than an internet connection that goes
halfway round the world. I've yet to be convinced that it isn't utter
madness to keep your personal stuff on somebody else's computer, even
if the somebody else isn't Google.

I wonder why Chromebooks are so cheap? It's almost as if they're
subsidised by somebody. I wonder why they would do that? It's not like
commercial companies to give stuff away just because they love us.

Rod.

Plus what you print for the hardcopy may not match the layout of the
document you're viewing in some app. Even if your printer offers a
preview mode to show what the document might look like doesn't mean it
will come out that way. You might not have enough paper in the printer.
One of the ink cartridges might go dry. An alignment error could result
in colors being offset or fuzzy characters. You might've turned off
your computer gear when you left home (I suspect the online printing
service will pend the print until it can reach the networked printer).
Some joker might hack your account and just love to use up your paper
and ink.

Since the hardcopy is of no use to you until you get back to your
physical printer, there is no advantage to printing a doc when you're
not there. However, if it is some company work then maybe you're
sharing it with others yet I would think they would want a file so they
could store it, revision it, back it up, etc.

VanguardLH said on 4/8/2014 1:03 PM:
Roderick Stewart wrote:

On Tue, 8 Apr 2014 00:16:37 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Big Al wrote:

My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons
there are to doing it?

I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well, and I
can't see leaving it on while on the road (if that's a requirement) just
to print something I can print later when I get home. I can print to a
PDF and save for later printing.

For me it's just one of those things I thought I try to setup, "a
challenge".

Since the printout won't be physically available until you reach home,
there's not much of an advantage, if any, to printing something before
you can get at it. Just "print" to a file if something is transitory.
That is, you have to "print" it now because it won't be available later.
Printer to a .pdf file using many of the available PDF emulation
printers and e-mail the .pdf file or store online until you get home to
then do the real print there (if you really need a hardcopy versus just
having the content saved in a file).

If you don't need to print it till you get home, just save it on the
laptop you wrote it with, or a USB stick. Then connect your laptop to
the printer with a cable rather than an internet connection that goes
halfway round the world. I've yet to be convinced that it isn't utter
madness to keep your personal stuff on somebody else's computer, even
if the somebody else isn't Google.

I wonder why Chromebooks are so cheap? It's almost as if they're
subsidised by somebody. I wonder why they would do that? It's not like
commercial companies to give stuff away just because they love us.

Rod.

Plus what you print for the hardcopy may not match the layout of the
document you're viewing in some app. Even if your printer offers a
preview mode to show what the document might look like doesn't mean it
will come out that way. You might not have enough paper in the printer.
One of the ink cartridges might go dry. An alignment error could result
in colors being offset or fuzzy characters. You might've turned off
your computer gear when you left home (I suspect the online printing
service will pend the print until it can reach the networked printer).
Some joker might hack your account and just love to use up your paper
and ink.

Since the hardcopy is of no use to you until you get back to your
physical printer, there is no advantage to printing a doc when you're
not there. However, if it is some company work then maybe you're
sharing it with others yet I would think they would want a file so they
could store it, revision it, back it up, etc.

Yep. I'm seeing no good value in it. I was thinking that my family
could print anything TO me, but as you say, the print may not be exact.
A PDF email would ensure content, as they can proof it before
sending and I'll see exactly what they send.

I print to PDF a lot for record keeping. I can name and sort in
folders very easily.

Big Al wrote:

VanguardLH said on 4/8/2014 1:03 PM:
Roderick Stewart wrote:

On Tue, 8 Apr 2014 00:16:37 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Big Al wrote:

My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons
there are to doing it?

I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well, and I
can't see leaving it on while on the road (if that's a requirement) just
to print something I can print later when I get home. I can print to a
PDF and save for later printing.

For me it's just one of those things I thought I try to setup, "a
challenge".

Since the printout won't be physically available until you reach home,
there's not much of an advantage, if any, to printing something before
you can get at it. Just "print" to a file if something is transitory.
That is, you have to "print" it now because it won't be available later.
Printer to a .pdf file using many of the available PDF emulation
printers and e-mail the .pdf file or store online until you get home to
then do the real print there (if you really need a hardcopy versus just
having the content saved in a file).

If you don't need to print it till you get home, just save it on the
laptop you wrote it with, or a USB stick. Then connect your laptop to
the printer with a cable rather than an internet connection that goes
halfway round the world. I've yet to be convinced that it isn't utter
madness to keep your personal stuff on somebody else's computer, even
if the somebody else isn't Google.

I wonder why Chromebooks are so cheap? It's almost as if they're
subsidised by somebody. I wonder why they would do that? It's not like
commercial companies to give stuff away just because they love us.

Rod.

Plus what you print for the hardcopy may not match the layout of the
document you're viewing in some app. Even if your printer offers a
preview mode to show what the document might look like doesn't mean it
will come out that way. You might not have enough paper in the printer.
One of the ink cartridges might go dry. An alignment error could result
in colors being offset or fuzzy characters. You might've turned off
your computer gear when you left home (I suspect the online printing
service will pend the print until it can reach the networked printer).
Some joker might hack your account and just love to use up your paper
and ink.

Since the hardcopy is of no use to you until you get back to your
physical printer, there is no advantage to printing a doc when you're
not there. However, if it is some company work then maybe you're
sharing it with others yet I would think they would want a file so they
could store it, revision it, back it up, etc.

Yep. I'm seeing no good value in it. I was thinking that my family
could print anything TO me, but as you say, the print may not be exact.
A PDF email would ensure content, as they can proof it before
sending and I'll see exactly what they send.

I print to PDF a lot for record keeping. I can name and sort in
folders very easily.

Seems to be the case of a solution looking for a problem.

Big Al pretended :
My Canon printer is compatible and I was wondering what pros and cons there
are to doing it?

I seriously don't have a use, it prints in house very well, and I can't
see leaving it on while on the road (if that's a requirement) just to print
something I can print later when I get home. I can print to a PDF and save
for later printing.

For me it's just one of those things I thought I try to setup, "a challenge".

The only places I have found a cloud printing solution are...

- Disparate pieces of hardware sharing a printer. Like being able to
send items to a printer fro Android and iOS tablets. Going through a
cloud printer makes it more of a streamlined process vs. installing
direct printing on these devices.

- Having data that someone at home\office needs a hardcopy of while one
is away. Sometimes its easier for me to dump something my wife or kids
needs directly to the printer rather than emailing it to them, they
have to fire up their computer and print.