Google Cloud Print is almost magical: "Ok, Google, print my certificate… at that place." As long as you're logged into your Google business relationship, and both your device and your printer are connected to the internet, you can send files to impress–from anywhere.

Fifty-fifty the best network printers are notoriously fussy. Print queues pause. Paper jams. Device drivers interruption. Network setting alter.

Google Cloud Print adds to the complexity, since it requires an cyberspace connexion, account setup, and printer sharing. One time Google Deject Print is configured and working, I've found it to be extremely reliable. Only, if you run into a problem, information technology's a bit more difficult to troubleshoot.

Hither are the 5 steps I use to diagnose and gear up Google Cloud Print issues. When you troubleshoot, it helps if you tin use a device on the same local network equally your Cloud Print printer.

one. Are both devices updated and connected?

Bank check all the basics kickoff. Take you turned the printer off, and so turned it on once more? Is in that location newspaper in the printer? Does it accept ink or toner? Have you rebooted your device? Have you confirmed that the printer is continued to your network? Have you installed all the latest updates for Chrome, the printer's firmware, and your operating arrangement?

two. How is the printer connected?

Check the printer's network connection settings. Most printers provide a network report choice that lets you print out the current settings.

While the printer and Google Deject Print volition theoretically work with a dynamically assigned IP accost, I recommend you assign a static IP accost, if possible. This makes it easier to access the printer'south administrative settings since y'all'll ever know the address.

To assign a static IP address to your printer on a small office or home network, log into your router, wait for the LAN settings, and find the DHCP configuration expanse. Refer to the network settings folio to notice the MAC IC for your printer; it volition be twelve hexadecimal characters, something like 00:9C:02:CB:FC:F8. Configure your router to ever reserve the same IP address for your printer. (For example, on my network, my printer is at 192.168.i.250.)

3. Is the printer registered with Google Cloud Print?

Next, you lot need to connect the printer to the Google Deject Print Service. There are several different ways to do this. For example, if you apply an HP ePrint printer, you'll first demand to configure ePrint service, and then enter the ePrint email address.

Other printers require you to login to the printer's administrative panel (e.k., type the IP address of the printer into your browser), then register the printer. To connect a Brother printer, you lot'll login to the printer'south IP address and so register the printer with Google Cloud Impress.

Y'all can connect the printer to any Google account. If you use Thou Suite, I advise you use either an ambassador account or an account dedicated to printer direction. Unlike an private user's account, those accounts are likely to remain agile. You don't want Cloud Print to finish working considering the printer was configured with an business relationship that was later deleted.

four. Is the printer shared to your business relationship?

The printer should now testify every bit connected and available at the Google Cloud Print site: https://www.google.com/cloudprint/#printers. But, every bit of now, information technology's only available to the connected Google account.

Select the printer, so choose "Share." Enter the email addresses of other accounts to allow them access to the printer. You can enter addresses for email groups or lists to offer access to groups of people at once.

Each person you share the printer with will receive an electronic mail notifying them of access. To add the printer, they however need to open the email and take the shared printer invitation.

five. Does your firewall allow Cloud Print admission?

In rare circumstances, you'll need to change your firewall settings to allow access to port 5222 for XMPP traffic. The other ports needed, port 80 and 443, are likely already available, since those carry conventional web traffic.

What's your experience?

Take you configured Google Deject Print at your organization? How does Cloud Print benefit your team? What additional configuration or setup tricks do you lot utilise? Permit usa know in the comments or on Twitter!