Just saw this headline regarding cloud-based printing

[Eye4Desyn]

Would this work for any device outside of those running Google's Chrome OS? This could be something to watch closely nonetheless.

http://blog.chromium.org/2010/04/new-approach-to-printing.html

 

[anthonymoody]

Brilliant.

Between Googledocs, Gmail, and stuff like this...sometimes I can't help but think 'Gee if only the overall experience were "just a bit better" I might be able to wrap my head around succumbing to the google borg.'

It's just that everything else about iOS is sooooo much smoother and more polished than Android IMO.

 

[Nash Bridges]

How efficient is it to send a print job to the internet just to have it come back inside your LAN? It is like having your car parked in front of your garage and having to drive around the block before you pull it into the garage.

 

[anthonymoody]

How efficient is it to send a print job to the internet just to have it come back inside your LAN? It is like having your car parked in front of your garage and having to drive around the block before you pull it into the garage.

Yeah except it's effectively costless in this case. And, assuming google thinks of it, it could include cool additional functionality like a permanent record of your print queue, etc.

 

[Bodhi395]

Sounds interesting, I wish Apple was developing something like this for the iPad!

 

[Nash Bridges]

Yeah except it's effectively costless in this case. And, assuming google thinks of it, it could include cool additional functionality like a permanent record of your print queue, etc.

So what you are saying then is your are giving Google your information for free. Do you want a doctor who is printing your medical records to send over his LAN or over the internet to google's servers? Think about it, once your information leaves your LAN and goes up into the clouds a copy of it will stay there forever.

Not a good option. Brings all kinds of privacy issues into question

 

[niuniu]

At first I thought it was stupid. Then I understood it better and it is a great idea especially as mobile computing is looking to boom on a wide variety of hardware.

How does a printer become Cloud aware? You install a plugin and have the printer connected to a desktop? Or are they planning on working with printer manufacturers and having compatible devices?

 

[Eye4Desyn]

How efficient is it to send a print job to the internet just to have it come back inside your LAN? It is like having your car parked in front of your garage and having to drive around the block before you pull it into the garage.

Interesting counterpoint, however, this could prove effective if say a client or family member in New York needed a hard copy of something that resided on your device if you worked or lived in Los Angeles, no?