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5thwheeleroldma's avatar
Nov 04, 2015

Cloud Ready Black/White Laser Printer

My understanding is that a chromebook needs internet communication to print; either because the printer can access the internet, or by plugging any printer into a computer that does access the internet.

When I search the internet for cloud ready printers, most of them are kind of shy about how they say they are "cloud ready". My suspicion is many of them don't really have internet access capability built into the printer itself. Do you know of a cheap, basic laser printer that really does have that capability builtin?

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  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Cloud ready printers.. All printers can print from the cloud via a computer.. I know of none that can be cloud accessed though.. In this day of mis-use of terms "Cloud" may simply refer to your house router. Mine printes from the router. It can not access "The Cloud" (A server other than on my local network) but any server or computer, tablet or smart phone on my local network can, and has, printed to it (Save for my tablet, Never printed from it). But all 3 computers and my smart phone have printed to both my current printer and the one it replaced... Chromebook may be using "the Cloud" to mean "your Lan" which is not proper use.. but alas, common.

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