Welcome to Letter to my Intern, where I write a note to my yet-to-be-hired DORKAHOLICS Intern related to improving business operations, understanding the needs of the company, or just plain old tomfoolery. For this inaugural post, I tell this future intern (we’ll figure out a hypothetical name later, I’m fond of Janet though) about our lack of a smart printer, but explain how to make our printer Wi-Fi compatible.
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ME: DAMNIT JANET. The Bluetooth on my computer isn’t working again. I need to print this document ASAP.
JANET: Sorry Boss-Man, I can try to connect with my computer. Can you email me the document?
ME: No, no, no! Go look up Google Cloud Print! If we had a Cloud Print-enabled printer, the document would automatically print out. Unfortunately, we only have this old POS that’s only USB/Bluetooth.
JANET: Ooh, with Cloud Print, we can configure a USB printer connected to a computer to print queued documents upon opening the Chrome browser.
ME: Google, you saved my ass again.
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The first step to making your printer Wi-Fi compatible, go to “chrome://devices”
Select the printers listed (pulled from the ones that currently work with your computer) and select the printers you wish to add to Cloud Print. Also, indicate if Chrome should automatically add new printers to Cloud Print.
You can access Cloud Print at https://www.google.com/cloudprint/#jobs
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Ta-dah! I hope this article was thorough enough for you, Janet. The entire office appreciates your efforts. Drinks on you, this Friday night!
XOXO,
Boss-Man Neil
