How to Use Google Cloud Print from Your Android: 7 Steps

Have you ever received an email or a text message on your Android phone that you wanted to print? Using Google Cloud Print and the Cloud Print BETA Android app, you can fire a print job from your Android phone to your home printer wherever you are.
STEPS

1

FROM YOUR COMPUTER ON WHICH YOUR PRINTER IS MAPPED, BROWSE TO GOOGLE CLOUD PRINT BETA HTTP://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/
If you have already installed Google Chrome, use that browser to reach Cloud Print. If not, the Cloud Print site will walk you through the extra steps to install Chrome.

2

UNLESS YOU HAVE A PRINTER THAT INCLUDES THE NEW CLOUD PRINT ENABLED FEATURE, YOU SHOULD SELECT ADD A CLASSIC PRINTER.

3

THE PLUG-IN FOR CHROME INSTALLS
IF YOU ARE USING A DIFFERENT BROWSER, THE CHROME APPLICATION PACKAGE WILL INSTALL THEN OPEN THE CLOUD PRINT SITE

4

SIMPLY SELECT YOUR PRINTER FROM THE LIST OF PRINTERS INSTALLED ON YOUR PC - NETWORK OR LOCAL - AND GOOGLE CLOUD ADDS IT TO YOUR PROFILE.

5

GRAB YOUR ANDROID PHONE AND HEAD TO THE ANDROID MARKET TO INSTALL CLOUD PRINT BETA BY PAULO FERNANDES HTTPS://market.android.com/details?id=com.pauloslf.cloudprint&hl=en

6

ONCE IT HAS INSTALLED, OPEN THE CLOUD PRINT BETA APPLICATION, SIGN IN TO YOUR GOOGLE ACCOUNT (IF NECESSARY).

7

USE THE CLOUD PRINT BETA FILE BROWSER TO PRINT FILES FROM YOUR PHONE
THE APPLICATION CURRENTLY CAN PRINT THE FOLLOWING FILETYPES:
pdf,jpg,jpeg,docx,ods,xls,xlsx,ppt,odp,txt,doc,xps
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Google offers the Cloud Print API to Android app developers, so expect to see more applications offering printing from your Android phones and tablets in the future