sorry for the late reply…i had actually missed this (but now know of course)

other than using a printer that can connect directly to email accounts for example, I cannot see any other equivalent solution anywhere that would allow us to do what google cloudprint does. so this is a bit , errm, annoying (to say the least)

i live in hope that perhaps someone else will pick up the pieces (IBM, facebook, MS anyone really with the resources) and we can continue using it after 2021 – or perhaps google will change their mind. This change will affect 1000’s of servers/sites after all …..

if anyone else reads this and has some idea as to how to replace this , I would be more than happy to hear it.
I couldn’t find anything myself that allows to print directly from a website to a network printer without having to have some computer in the middle turned on all the time (and that’s not propriotory and only works for one set of printers…)

again, any ideas would be appreciated on that front

> re: https://www.papercut.com/products/free-software/mobility-print/
unless I’m mistaken, this seems somewhat pointless as a computer/device has to be on
Make the switch from Google Cloud Print to easy printing from Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, Macs, Windows, and Android devices.
So one of the following solutions here is just as valid i would think (and easier too)
https://appuals.com/how-to-prints-emails-and-attachments-automatically/

The beauty of cloudprint was/is that you can directly print to the printer *without* another device in between, so i don’t think “papercut” is the alternative we are looking for

>I will be happy even if computer/device has to be on, if that will print automaticky

yes, i understand that, but if you are happy with a computer being running , then various solutions (if you want to call it that) already exist from what i can see i.e https://appuals.com/how-to-prints-emails-and-attachments-automatically/
no need to re-invent the wheel I would think

alternatively, as far as i know, there are also already plenty of printers that can poll an email address and print out what’s in the email queue.

Essentially, I/We are looking for something that can print directly from the site when an order is received without any computer being in between. Furthermore, I will only spend time developing such a thing if it is somewhat universally usable, i.e something that works for more or less all or at least a majority of printers, not something that needs a different plugin for each different printer or some such

some more solutions seem to be here
https://www.foldermill.com/solutions/remote-printing#print-from-google-drive
(still needs a computer to be on though from what i can see though, therefore not a direct replacement as such)
this would – seemingly , though not tested – actually somewhat work with the cloudprint plugin insofar as you can set the printer id to be “__google_docs” which would in effect add the order to your google drive and you might be able to use the software linked here to autoprint
I haven’t tested this – somewhat busy with other things currently – so if there’s someone that has tried this, I’d be very happy to hear it

just to add to this thread (to somewhat keep it one place)
quote from : https://www.wp-pizza.com/topic/whats-your-best-practice-to-print-the-orders/

‘Have a look at Automatic Email Manager by Namtuk. Checks and prints on a minute basis and gives you control of the fonts so the restaurant pass has no problem in reading it.’

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@Stanislav

>What about send that “Print order” template to another email adress…

Am a bit puzzled here, why use a “Print Order” template when you can just use add another “Email template” (they are in effect the same thing, barring the difference in the way css is applied – because email does not do stylesheets in many cases) and just set an email in additional recipients ?

I.e that kind of solution – if you want to call it that – already exists more or less , no?

PS: as it happens, i’ve just finished something I should be able to make available later today or tomorrow I would hope – which is not a like for like as this simply does not exist – but might be a solution for some/many