Chromebook Printing

Chromebooks are widely used in educational organizations because they are inexpensive and easy to manage. In the corporate enterprise, the shift to a work-from-home model has led to a significant increase in Chromebook use. Organizations need to provide a secure and cost-effective solution for remote workers, and Chromebooks are often a good fit.

Chromebooks have used Google Cloud Print (GCP) as the default printing option. In 2019, Google announced that it will no longer support GCP as of December 31, 2020. To continue to support customers using Chromebooks, we built Secure Release for Chrome, a lightweight browser extension that makes it easy to print from Chromebooks or the Chrome browser on any OS.

Note: Chromebook Printing is available for organizations with OpenID authentication only.

Key features of the Secure Release for Chrome

  • It's easy for Chromebook users to print to the office and to home printers
  • It allows printing from any OS running the Chrome browser
  • No print driver is required
  • It’s easy for IT managers to deploy the extension to employees
  • It promotes document security and confidentiality: documents can only be released (printed) when the document owner is present at the device to collect it.

Secure Release for Chrome Workflow

  1. An administrator invites Chromebook users. See Invite Chromebook Users for more information.

  2. Add and configure the Secure Release for Chrome extension on user Chromebooks or Chrome browsers using any of the following methods:

  • An IT administrator can deploy the extension to all users via the Google Admin Console.
  • Employees can add and configure the extension individually. Employees receive an email with instructions to install and configure the extension.

  1. Note: Configuring the extension is easy. All that is required of employees is to copy and paste the configuration URL (from the email invite) and click the Submit button.

  2. Upon successful configuration, the employee is prompted for their corporate login credentials.

  3. The employee prints to the default Secure Printer.

  4. The employee modifies the print attributes as desired (e.g. double-sided, number of copies, etc.)

  5. Employees release documents as they normally do at any secured printer.

Note: The Secure Printer will be automatically selected for subsequent print jobs.

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