New Google Cloud printer lets Windows users print outside Chrome

Users of devices running Microsoft's Windows can now use print documents from anywhere, with Google's new Cloud Printer driver and service.

Product manager Andrew Warren said Google's Cloud Print helps one "print from anywhere to anywhere using any device."

"Google Cloud Printer...makes it possible to print to any of your cloud printers from Windows applications such as Adobe Reader," Warren said in a blog post.

He added a second tool, Google Cloud Print Service, runs as a Windows service so administrators "can easily connect existing printers to Google Cloud Print in their businesses and schools."

On the other hand, those with Android smartphones or tablets can download the Cloud Print app in Google Play to "make it easier to print documents and files on the go."

He added those who work out of different offices or other public spaces like a school can share a printer with anyone nearby, by simply publishing a link.

"We’ll continue evolving Google Cloud Print to make printing simple and easy from as many devices as possible. For now, the future looks good on paper," he said.

A separate report on The Next Web said Google Cloud Print connects apps that are Cloud Print-aware across the Web, desktop, and mobile to any printer.

"It integrates with the mobile versions of Gmail and Google Docs, and is also listed as a printer option in the Print Preview page of Chrome," it said.

But this week's release of the tools lets users print to any cloud printer from Windows apps, and no longer requires Google's Chrome browser. — VC, GMA News