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Craig Horlacher
01-26-2011, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/print-from-your-phone-with-gmail-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OfficialGmailBlog+(Gmail+Blog)' target='_blank'>http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/...og+(Gmail+Blog)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Let&rsquo;s say you need to print an important email attachment on your way to work so that it&rsquo;s waiting for you when you walk in the door. With Gmail for mobile and Google Cloud Print &mdash; a service that allows printing from any app on any device, OS or browser without the need to install drivers &mdash; you can." </em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/adt/auto/1296006766.usr309.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Google Cloud Print lets you print from Gmail in any current web browser, desktop or mobile.&nbsp; You need a Windows PC connected to the printer your want to print to right now but they're going to add support for Mac and Linux machines as well.&nbsp; Just go into Gmail from a browser and you will see a "Print" option in it's drop down menu near the top right.&nbsp; Besides just printing your messages it supports the printing of some attachments like .doc and .pdf files.&nbsp; Give it a try!&nbsp; Does this solve a specific printing need for you?</p>

Dyvim
01-26-2011, 06:50 PM
It will once they get Mac support. (Not that I have anything against PC's, but my always-on home media/print server happens to be a Mac.)

Cool stuff!