Google Cloud Print and printer sharing

[Elizabeth Shutters]

Has anyone else tried setting up Google Cloud Print?

I have set up our set of 30 Chromebooks with the free Chrome cart.
Now I'm trying to get them to print to laser printers in our building
(Google would call these "classic printers"). I'd like every user in
the domain to be able to print to certain printers. It seems like the
best way to do this is to share the printer with them through Google
Cloud Print. I used my administrator account to set up the printers
on my MacBook with Cloud Print, and added email addresses in our
domain to the "Share" dialog. I am able to share with individual
users just fine. The issue comes when I try to add groups. I can add
a group with just a few users in it, but when I add a group that
includes all users in the domain, no one sees the printers in their
list.

So it seems the only way to share a printer with all the students at
my school is to share with them individually. Or to add them
individually to smaller groups. Kind of a pain.

A relevant question: is there a group similar to this one dealing with
Chromebook deployment and management in schools yet? Thanks!


Elizabeth Shutters
Technology Coordinator
Roycemore School
Evanston, Illinois
School: 847.866.6055
eshu...@roycemoreschool.org
http://unshuttered.edublogs.org/
Twitter: @shnology

[JD McKeel]

I am just beginning to test Google Cloud Print in our domain.  Here's the scoop with groups:

You can share to a group, but a group owner has to approve the printer.  Once it's shared with the group, have a group owner log in to Google Cloud Print or try to print something from a mobile device, and a message should appear saying that a printer has been shared with the group with the option to approve.  Once approved, all group members are supposed to be able to print to it.

I found out it really does need to be a group owner.  Even as a super admin as a member of the group, I couldn't approve the printer. I explicitly had to give myself the owner role in Groups before I could approve the printer for the group.

Hope this helps!

JD

JD McKeel
Network Technician
Martinez Unified School District
Direct: 925-335-5944

Help Desk: 925-335-5940
E-mail: jdmc...@martinez.k12.ca.us

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[Elizabeth Shutters]

Yes, thanks, I'm definitely the administrator of the group I'm trying to use.  And I can use groups to share printers.  It's only when I use groups that have the "add all users within xyz school" option clicked.  Only the users that have been added individually to a group can see shared printers.  I can't find a way to share it with all users.

Elizabeth Shutters

Technology Coordinator

Roycemore School

Evanston, Illinois

School: 847.866.6055

eshu...@roycemoreschool.org

http://unshuttered.edublogs.org/

Twitter: @shnology