And, finally, the number one question people ask is, "How do the printers communicate with Google Cloud Print?" The answer is, "It depends on whether the printer is a cloud-aware printer or a legacy printer."
They're proposing a proxy for legacy printers in Chromium (that makes Windows/Mac OS X/Linux printers available to Cloud Print). They're also proposing that new printers add native Cloud Print functionality.
For Chromium OS, it seems like it will only be able to use new printers or legacy printers with specific proxy devices.
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How would this practically work? Do we need new printers for this?
Read http://code.google.com/apis/cloudprint/docs/overview.html
And, finally, the number one question people ask is, "How do the printers communicate with Google Cloud Print?" The answer is, "It depends on whether the printer is a cloud-aware printer or a legacy printer."
They're proposing a proxy for legacy printers in Chromium (that makes Windows/Mac OS X/Linux printers available to Cloud Print). They're also proposing that new printers add native Cloud Print functionality.
For Chromium OS, it seems like it will only be able to use new printers or legacy printers with specific proxy devices.