Print from iOS and Android Devices with Google Cloud Print
Google's latest service, called Cloud Print, allows iOS and Android users to print directly from their mobile devices.
"Imagine printing an important document from your smartphone on the way to work and finding the printout waiting for you when you walk in the door," wrote Tyler Odean, of the Google Cloud Print team, on the company's mobile blog.
Getting a document printed when you have access to nothing but a phone isn’t a problem anymore. In the standard Gmail interface, tapping the double-arrow button brings down a menu, and "print" is now one of the options.
Cloud Print doesn't require a Wi-Fi signal; it can send a document to a printer via the network Internet connection. It does require the Google Chrome browser , though. In the browser settings, enable Cloud Print, and then an iOS or Android phone will be able to use any printer attached to that computer, regardless of where it is. The CloudPrint settings are tied to a Google account so it can't just print to any computer with Chrome installed unless you have set it up.
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