On 11/06/2014 08:26 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
On Thursday 06 November 2014 13:20:00 Neal Becker wrote:
> I just got a google cloud enabled printer. Is there a _client_ for fedora
> to work via cups? Thanks.
>
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> -- Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it
I've done this on a couple of workstations, both printing to a remote Google
Cloud printer and active as a server to allow a traditional printer over
Google Cloud Print.
I can't remember how to do it, but Googling "Google Cloud Print Linux" is
all
I did to get started.
You will need to install Google Chrome too as this is what's used for both the
client and server options.
Gary
here's what I've done to allow my non-google cloud printing printer to be
a cloud printer:
In my case I'm using the unstable version of chrome. I created a script
(start_cloud_print) that has the following information:
#!/bin/bash
ps -ef | grep cloud-print | grep -v grep > /dev/null 2>&1
if [ "$?" -eq "1" ]
then
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/opt/google/chrome:/opt/google/chrome-unstable
/opt/google/chrome-unstable/chrome
--type=service --enable-cloud-print-proxy --no-service-autorun --noerrdialogs
--user-data-dir=/usr/local/etc/googlecloudprint/ &
fi
Since I run multiple terminal windows I only want my this to run once. Then I have
.bashrc exec start_cloud_print. In this way I
ensure that my cloud printer get's started anytime I'm logged into my computer. I
suppose I could write a systemd startup script
for this so*I wouldn't have to be logged in and this would run every time I restarted
my laptop but...
Kevin