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Before reading about cloud printing, it is essential to know what exactly cloud computing is. Cloud computing technology enables its users to work independently on computing resources that are available or accessible from a specific location or from a specific device. Computing resources from a centralized location provide accessibility to remote computers in different locations using Internet connectivity. Service providers such as Google, Apple and Microsoft use centralized resources to store their users’ data, which can be accessed from any device with Internet connectivity. Therefore, cloud computing helps users to access their data from anywhere and at any time.
Cloud printing follows the same concept and allows printing over the web. If a computer or any device has Internet access, you can send print jobs to a printer, regardless of the location of the printer. The advantage of cloud printing is that it eliminates the need to install print drivers or check device compatibility with the printer. The cloud has already easily installed the necessary drivers for all the printers that are linked to the cloud. Printers that are cloud-enabled can connect directly to the Internet without having any specific configuration from a personal computer.
To enable cloud printing, the user must register the printers to take advantage of this service which allows the servers located at the end of the service provider to send the print job directly to the printers. It is also possible to make classic printers cloud-ready by connecting them to a computer with internet access on which a software connector has already been installed. It is this software connector that helps the printer connect to the cloud. Cloud providers and cloud-enabled printer manufacturers work in the printing industry.
Cloud printing providers maintain multiple servers or resources to route the print request from a user’s end to print-enabled printers. Requests can be redirected to the printer immediately by the service provider or depending on the user’s preference. ‘Google Cloud Print’, ‘HP Mag Cloud’ and ‘eprint’, ‘PrintMe’ by Xerox, DTP systems, etc. They are some of the major players in the field of cloud printing service providers.
Cloud printing is becoming easier to use with service providers offering options like uploading or emailing content to an email ID (provided by ‘PrintMe’) where users can enter ‘PrintMe’ to print. the content sent by email. Another facility provided by ‘Google Print’ is a printing service through the Chrome extension through the Google account for both classic printers and cloud-enabled printers.
Users have the advantage of getting a print without relying on any device for data storage or worrying about available printer drivers and operating system compatibility or without even turning on their personal computers. Users can also get printable versions of required content and merchants can market their content without relying on any printing infrastructure installed on their site. Environmental friendliness and drastically reducing waste of printing paper is another advantage of cloud printing.