Christys
This review is based mostly on setup for Google Cloud Print for a Chromebook. After several hours of Google searches, false starts, and support chats, I am finally printing via Google Cloud Print from my Chromebook and from Samsung Cloud Print on my Nexus phone. I am particularly aggravated because I chose this printer (over a Brother laser printer) because of the supposed "easy setup." What a joke. No real instructions, just a DVD disc that I had no way to view. (Neither of my laptops has a DVD drive.) The brief directions for connection via smartphone did not get me anywhere (repeated connection error) either. The most important thing I learned is you must have an alternate method for connecting your printer to your WiFi network. Chromebook alone is not going to do it. Eventually I was able to install the necessary drivers on a second laptop and connect the printer to WiFi via USB. That was the only way I could print on the first day. Several days later I was able to print wirelessly from the second laptop. Then I finally figured out how to set up Google Cloud Print, which was a lot more convoluted than I expected it to be. Hint: To figure out the Printers IP address, push and hold the "WPS" until stuff starts blinking slowly and it will print out the confirmation page with the IP address listed. Anyway, it seems to print fine, but the power cord is very short and you have to extend the paper tray to print, so the small footprint is deceiving. Hmm. Two stars is sounding a little generous, but it does work now.
