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Chrome Cloud Printing. You have a Desktop plugged in to the printer. You set up Cloud Printing, and now every time you're logged in to a Chrome Browser (or Ch

Chrome Cloud Printing. You have a Desktop plugged in to the printer. You set up Cloud Printing, and now every time you're logged in to a Chrome Browser (or Chromebook), from anywhere on the planet, you can print to that printer. Chromebooks don't replace desktops, not for most people. They enhance the crap out of them, in my opinion. Chrome Remote Desktop is awesome.

csmuk 13y ago
It doesn't work with my dye sub printer or HP network laser. I tried. Documents never arrive at the printer. Windows has had remote desktop since 1997. It's had remote assistance since 2002. I've spent 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for 5 years working over remote desktop sessions with shared sound, disks, printers and even recently USB devices. That's awesome.
- VikingCoder 13y ago
  Google has two-factor authentication and does the tunneling for Chrome Remote Desktop for you, so you don't have to set it up. From my Chromebook, I can remote control a Mac or a Linux box, too. You've tried setting up Cloud printing on your desktop, printing to your HP network laser, and then using it remotely from another Chrome, and it never worked? Your experience is the opposite of mine - it works great.
  - csmuk 13y ago
    Remote assistance requires no configuration. It doesn't do two factor authentication though. I have PuTTY which is pretty good at remotely controlling my OpenBSD machines. I don't use OSX. That is correct. Nothing at all happened.
    - VikingCoder 13y ago
      I can remote into my home desktop right now. I believe with Remote Assistance, someone has to set it up on both ends, correct? I wouldn't be surprised if your workplace is blocking Cloud Printing. That's a bummer.
      - csmuk 13y ago
        That is correct. I wouldn't want it any other way. Two-factor or not,a compromised google account is a lot of eggs in one basket. Normal remote desktop is available to my desktop machine via authenticating with the firewall first. It doesn't. My workplace is home and I am the network administrator.

csmuk 13y ago

It doesn't work with my dye sub printer or HP network laser. I tried. Documents never arrive at the printer. Windows has had remote desktop since 1997. It's had remote assistance since 2002. I've spent 7 hours a day, 5 days a week for 5 years working over remote desktop sessions with shared sound, disks, printers and even recently USB devices. That's awesome.

VikingCoder 13y ago
Google has two-factor authentication and does the tunneling for Chrome Remote Desktop for you, so you don't have to set it up. From my Chromebook, I can remote control a Mac or a Linux box, too. You've tried setting up Cloud printing on your desktop, printing to your HP network laser, and then using it remotely from another Chrome, and it never worked? Your experience is the opposite of mine - it works great.
- csmuk 13y ago
  Remote assistance requires no configuration. It doesn't do two factor authentication though. I have PuTTY which is pretty good at remotely controlling my OpenBSD machines. I don't use OSX. That is correct. Nothing at all happened.
  - VikingCoder 13y ago
    I can remote into my home desktop right now. I believe with Remote Assistance, someone has to set it up on both ends, correct? I wouldn't be surprised if your workplace is blocking Cloud Printing. That's a bummer.
    - csmuk 13y ago
      That is correct. I wouldn't want it any other way. Two-factor or not,a compromised google account is a lot of eggs in one basket. Normal remote desktop is available to my desktop machine via authenticating with the firewall first. It doesn't. My workplace is home and I am the network administrator.