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====== Cloud Print Cups Service ======
===== Install Cloud Print Service State File Generator =====
  * [[https://www.google.com/chrome|Download]] and Install the latest Chrome Browser
  * Run the generate_cloudprint_config.py script<file>
wget http://www.google.com/support/enterprise/static/chromeos/docs/admin/en/generate_cloudprint_config.py.zip
unzip generate_cloudprint_config.py.zip
chmod 755 generate_cloudprint_config.py
</file>
===== Generate Service State File =====
<file>sudo ./generate_cloudprint_config.py
Email Address: <user@domain.com>
Password for user@domain.com: <PASSWORD>
Connector Id: <NAME>
Printserver URL with port (keep empty to skip): 
Config file ptr.conf generated for proxy NAME
</file>
  * This makes a file called **name.conf** in your current directory
===== Setup a Chrome Profile Directory =====
<file>
mkdir /etc/cloudprint
cp ptr.conf /etc/cloudprint/Service State
</file>
===== Run Cloud Print Service (chrome) =====
<file>
/opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=service --enable-cloud-print-proxy --no-service-autorun --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir=/etc/cloudprint/
</file>
This starts the cloudprint service if you go to the [[https://www.google.com/cloudprint?user=0#printers|Cloud Print Control Panel]] as user **user@domain.com** you should see the printers from your local cups server.  This command will not return the terminal so we will need to add a script for that.
===== Startup Script =====
<file bash /scripts/cloud_print.sh>
#!/bin/sh

/opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=service --enable-cloud-print-proxy --no-service-autorun --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir=/etc/cloudprint/ &
</file>

<file bash /scripts/restart_cloudprint.sh>
#!/bin/sh

restart()
{       killall -9 chrome
        sleep 2
        /scripts/cloud_print.sh
}

restart
</file>
<file bash /etc/rc.local>
TERM="xterm-color"
SHELL="/bin/bash"
XDG_SESSION_COOKIE="5e1b8a057502aa735ff8be1600000177-1382969815.874167-799647066"
USER="root"
MAIL="/var/mail/root"
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
PWD="/root"
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
SHLVL="1"
HOME="/root"
LOGNAME="root"
LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s"
LESSCLOSE="/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s"
_="/usr/bin/env"

ssh root@localhost "/scripts/restart_cloudprint.sh"

exit 0
</file>
  * Lastly configure **key based ssh authentication**.
==== Notes ====
Using ssh was the only way I could get cloudprint to work on startup.  I also found that after a few hours cloud print would stop working.  I found if I restart chrome every hour the problem went away.  You might want to have cron run **ssh root@localhost "/scripts/restart_cloudprint.sh"** every hour.
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