The main change from this release is a complete rewrite of how printer information is pulled from CUPS. With this change, all capabilities supplied by Google about a printer now show as selectable options with CUPS ( or printing dialogs that pass through the CUPS options correctly ) – so two-sided printing, different …
Read MoreThe newest release of CUPS Cloud Print of CUPS Cloud Print is now available. This release has a major change in the way that authentication works – previous releases used the ( now depreciated ) ‘ClientLogin’ authentication method, which required storage of your Google username and password in plaintext. With the …
Read MoreThe long-awaited latest release of CUPS Cloud Print is now available. The latest release contains: New: Added Colour Model option to CUPS PPD, send Colour option to Google when printing to colour printers New: Cloud Print printers now listed as ‘Discovered Network Printers’ when adding printers New: PPD now has an IEEE …
Read MoreI previously blogged about allowing printing to local printers via Google Cloud Print on Gentoo , and recently I have been looking at the opposite of this – printing to Google Cloud Print from Linux. The main reason to want to print to Google Cloud Print is for future compatibility with printers within Linux – it means …
Read MoreAfter publishing my previous post on Setting up a HP LaserJet P1102w Printer on Gentoo , I’ve noticed that I seem to be getting a lot of visitors searching for how to setup the same printer under Ubuntu, so decided to write a guide specific to Ubuntu. First, plug in the printer via USB, then install hplip ( most users …
Read MoreGoogle have recently released their Google Cloud Print service . It is currently built into Google Chrome on Windows and Mac, but unfortunately it is not yet available officially for Linux. Fortunately there is an unofficial open source project on Github, called cloudprint . It is fairly new, so isn’t yet in the Gentoo …
Read MoreLooking For an Ubuntu specific guide? Try here . Today I finally replaced my aging Inkjet printer with a new Laser one. I eventually decided upon the HP LaserJet Pro P1102w printer, as from scouring forums it seems to have good support to Linux, in addition to being a relatively cheap WiFi laser printer. Setting it up …
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