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Google Cloud Print Connector
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After 10 years, Google Cloud Print will finally be out of beta... straight into ad giant's graveyard #472

Open rickrich opened 4 years ago

rickrich commented 4 years ago

FYI: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/22/google_cloud_print_axed_2020/?fbclid=IwAR3drQc6D66XmjBVq8-KxXRUq-hl64yjc8pIV5vCGbKvEllArXlLz7B8eTE

tanuj101 commented 4 years ago

RIP

sicklittlemonkey commented 4 years ago

The connector forum/mailing list is gone now too, so I guess someone is working to dismantle things in the background.

Thanks to those who worked on this project. It's a shame to see it go to waste, especially when there are still schools (etc) happily using it.

RobertDWhite commented 4 years ago

Will this kill the LOCAL print function? We have had success using the local option over the cloud option anyway.

sicklittlemonkey commented 4 years ago

From my understanding, no, that will still work. But will the code be maintained if it changes?

The mechanism for local printing is in the Bonjour/Avahi/Privet source code.

jay0lee commented 4 years ago

The connector would still work for local printing since it doesn't use Google servers at all. However it's likely Chrome browser will stop supporting Cloudprint local printers after deprecation so this would not work.

Generally and printer that works with local Cloudprint printers should work with Chrome OS native printing. Use that:

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7276100

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From my understanding, no, that will still work. But will the code be maintained if it changes?

The mechanism for local printing is in the Bonjour/Avaha/Privet source code https://github.com/google/cloud-print-connector/tree/master/privet.

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