Printing from a Chromebook to our MFP

[TwistedHelixis]

Is it possible to print from a Chrombook to our Windows print server?

 

I don't know anything about CUPS, does the printer need to be a CUPS printer?

 

How are others printing from Chromebooks?

[kingoranks]

Yea, we use papercut on our print server.

[chrisakak9]

papercut mobility print for the win

[Danp]

Papercut!

[Oaktech]

We're a UniFlow house so it's dead easy to do...

 

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/9871618?hl=en

[the_quick]

Thanks guys, didn't know that papercut mobility was a free tool ! Fantastic

[paulkerton]

We're going to be on Uniflow very soon. Excited to see how it works @Oaktech are you pleased with it?

[Oaktech]

We're going to be on Uniflow very soon. Excited to see how it works @Oaktech are you pleased with it?

 

I love Uniflow, really, really reliable, slightly more awakward to work with than Papercut, but I always felt like I had an arm tied behind my back with Papercut.

 

2 things to be aware of -

 

1. Make sure EVERYTHING you could possibly ever want it to do is the implementation scoping document because whilst the product specialists are lovely, they are expensive to get back for additional works ~£700 a day, charged by a minimum of a half day.

 

2. Make sure you have it set up to sync groups from AD and make sure you already have your students in class groups in AD otherwise the group printing control takes *For freaking ever* to set up. I prefer card control, it works better for secure printing but Uniflow will charge you for card readers.

 

Happy Uniflowing!