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. >> >> -- >> -- 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 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
