GOOGLE CHROME TO SOLVE THE GREAT PRINTER-DRIVER ISSUE BY USING CLOUD BASED PRINTING

Running an Open Source OS on your netbook has its advantages and disadvantages. On the plus side, you don’t have to pay the license fee. On the flip side, there is no guarantee that all peripherals you plug into your computer will work with a free OS such as Linux or Android. Your printer, for example, may require special drivers to work with a Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, Fedora or PCLinuxOS.

Windows drivers are easy to find because almost every hardware vendor releases them. But drivers for Linux, Android or Chrome are not always easy to find. But Google thinks that it has found a solution to tackle this printer driver issue by launching a new project called Google Cloud Print.

The Google Cloud Print is designed to work with Google’s upcoming Chrome Operating system. The Google Chrome OS is built around a web-browser and is meant for running web-based applications such as Gmail or Zoho Office. What if you need to print a page? Well, hit the print button and the job will be sent to Google Cloud Print which in turn will send the job to your printer.