Setting up Google Chromebook Push Printing

Setting up Push Printing

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Activate username and job name information (Required to send accurate user and document name)

• Login to Google Enterprise Administration Console
• Activate policy
• Go to: Print Job information section
• Select "Include user account and filename in print job"

Check/configure Printer

• Login to the LRS VPSX Web console
• Open printer list

• Check printer name & VPSX/Workplace license 

Create Enterprise spooled printer

• Login in Google Enterprise Administration Console
• go to: Printers list
• Click yellow "+" to add printer

• Create printer using server name & queue name

• Printer name: the common name visible to users
• Description: adds complementary information
• Select the most suitable driver for your printer or system
• Select Protocol, IPPS is required to set the correct user and document name and activate encryption
• Enter port: 9443 is default IPPS port for LRS servers, 631 is usual IPP port.
• Path: is the matching queue name in VPSX
• Select created printer and activate availability options for users

• Click "Save"

User test

• Print a document from a Chromebook
  • Login on a managed Chromebook
  • Open a document and click on the "Print" button on top left

• In destination, select "See More..."

• Select the newly defined printer then click "Print"

• The system then shows “Printing” message as below, and when finished a “Printing complete" message to the user

 

View printed jobs list

• Login in LRS admin
• Printed job can be viewed in "Retained Queue"
  • (if retention has been configured for that printer)