Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Tech Tip of the Week - Dec 1

Printing on Your Chromebook!

Since the Chromebook is a cloud-based device and you cannot load printer software on it, Google has had to come up with some various printing options. You have ways to print from your Chromebook:

1. We have three school printers hooked up to the cloud – the black and white library printer, the black and white Lab22 printer and the color printer in Lab22. All student Chromebooks can print to these printers. Please use this function responsibly - if you print to one of these printers make sure you go and pick up your papers. We waste a lot of paper and ink every year from students who print and do not pick up.

2. Log onto another computer and print. You can log on to any computer that is connected to a printer with your district GAFE account and print out your work.

3. Set up your home computer to share your printer to the cloud. Follow these steps:
a. Log on to your computer at home with your GAFE account
b. Go into Chrome settings
c. Then “Advanced settings” at the bottom
d. Scroll down to “Google Cloud Print”
e. Click the Manage button
f. From this screen you can share your printer to the cloud