Print from Chrome

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You can print from Chrome using your computer or mobile device. With Google Cloud Print, you can make your printers available to you and anyone you choose.

Learn more about how Google Cloud Print works.

Set up Google Cloud Print

If your wireless printer says that it's Cloud ready, follow your printer manufacturer's instructions or see setup information for Cloud-ready printers.

If your printer doesn’t say it’s Cloud ready, follow the steps below.

1. Turn on your printer.
2. On your Windows or Mac computer, open Chrome.
3. At the top right, click More Settings.
4. At the bottom, click Advanced.
5. Under "Printing," click Google Cloud Print.
6. Click Manage Cloud Print devices.
7. If prompted, sign in with your Google Account.
8. Select the printers you want to connect, and then click Add printer(s).

The printer is now associated with your Google Account and connected to Google Cloud Print. You can print to this printer from any device where you're signed in to your Google Account.

Print using Google Cloud Print

To print from an Android device, you'll need to set up Google Cloud Print on your Google Account. Or, you can install a printing app on devices with Android 4.4 and up.

1. On your Android device, open the Chrome app .
2. Open the page, image, or file you want to print.
3. At the top right, tap More Share.
4. Select Print.
5. At the top, select a printer.
6. Change any print settings you want by tapping the Down arrow .
7. When ready, tap Print .

Let others use your printer

After you set up your printer with Google Cloud Print, only your Google Account can print. To let others print, share your printer with them.
Share printer with a specific person or group

You can share your printer with anyone who has a Google Account.

1. On your computer, open Chrome .
2. Make sure you’re signed in with the same Google Account you used to set up your printer. Learn how to sign in to Chrome.
3. Go to google.com/cloudprint#printers.
4. Click your printer.
5. Click Share.
6. In the box that appears, enter the Gmail address or Google Group you want to share with.
7. Optional: To let a person rename and share access to your printer, change "Can print" to "Can manage."
8. Click Share.

Tip: To share with a group of people, add their Google Accounts to a Google Group. Learn how to set up a Google Group.

If you share with a Google Group, the group admin will get an email asking them to approve printer access for their group. When the admin approves, that group can use the printer.

Share printer with everyone

If you own a public place, like a library or coffee shop, with a public printer, you can share that printer with everyone.

Step 1: Set up public sharing

1. On your computer, open Chrome .
2. Make sure you’re signed in with the same Google Account you used to set up your printer. Learn how to sign in to Chrome.
3. Go to google.com/cloudprint#printers.
4. Click your printer, then click Share.
5. Next to "Private," click Change.
6. Choose Anyone with the link has access to the printer.
7. Click Save.

Step 2: Share printer

1. In the "Link to share" box, copy the link.
2. Share the link with whoever wants to print from your printer.
3. Optional: To change how many pages someone can print per day, click 15 pages/day.

Tip: To shorten your printer link, use a URL shortener like goo.gl.

Stop sharing a printer

1. On your computer, open Chrome .
2. Make sure you’re signed in with the same Google Account you used to set up your printer. Learn how to sign in to Chrome.
3. Go to google.com/cloudprint#printers.
4. Click your printer, then click Share.
5. Remove a person or group.

Stop sharing a printer with everyone

1. Follow steps 1-4 above.
2. Next to "Anyone with the link has access to the printer," click Change.
3. Choose Private.
4. Click Save.