Google ushers in cloud-based printing with Google Cloud Print
17 Apr 2010
One of the major problems with Google's Chrome OS printer is support. According to earlier reports, Google was working with manufacturers on making printers work like digital cameras to obviate the need for drivers.
But analysts say the solution the company unveiled yesterday would not have been what most people would have imagined, but nevertheless they see value in it.
Industry experts had expected Google to work with manufacturers to eliminate the need for special purpose drivers, instead of going for an open standards-based approach, which has worked exceedingly well for digital cameras.
This would offer all platforms the opportunity to work with printers without having to download drivers, which would eliminate one reason why many people think printers are a pain.
Though it had been working towards a solution like that, Google did something that it would be expected to do - bring in the internet, and that is what Google Cloud Print is about.
Basically, Google is attempting is to put the printer stack on the internet, so that each and every platform need not have to create its own print stack and print drivers.
