As we already know Google’s Chrome OS is a web based light weight operating system, which is designed for netbooks and other web connected device like smart phones on mind.
Today the need for mobile and cloud computing tremendously moves towards the peak, which enhances the personal data availability on any device virtually while it is connected to the network. So as a OS chrome should posses the functionality of printing and printer managements. Any operating system needs specific drivers to handle the printers, so to avoid this problem and Chrome is to have printing ability but also staying as light.
As stated in Chromium Blog Google offers a solution. Cloud Printing.
Rather than rely on the local operating system (or drivers) to print, apps can use Google Cloud Print to submit and manage print jobs. Google Cloud Print will then be responsible for sending the print job to the appropriate printer with the particular options the user selected, and returning the job status to the app.
So it is expected in coming years all the connectivity devices and OS s will connect to the internet and Cloud user can use web apps and other interactive facilities to control the print jobs over the air.
So still this project is in preliminary stage, it will be available with the Chrome OS release which is expected to happen in late 2010. The OS intends to make using a lightweight computer fast and simple, and is designed to replace Windows-style OSs on mobile devices such as tablets or notebooks. Chrome OS is designed to live alongside Android, the Google smart phone OS, rather than replace it.
Source : Chrome Blog, PC world
Note : Google Apps (e.g., calendar, word processor, spreadsheet), that operate within Chrome browser or any other browser. This concept is often called “cloud computing,” as the user relies on programs operating “out there,” somewhere “in the cloud” (on the Internet). The data is virtually presents in your OS or device.
Written by Sakthi Tharan (tharansakthi)
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