Google's "Cloud Print," which debuted in 2010 and never left beta status, will cease operation at the end of this year. Ironically, Microsoft has kicked off its cloud printing service just as Google is winding down its several-year-old effort. Like other vendors' cloud print services, Universal Print allows printing without direct device-to-printer links - thus enabling printing from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets - without printer servers to manage printer access and handle department billing, and centralizes printing so that swaths of users can share more sophisticated printers. "Universal Print moves key Windows Server print functionality to the Microsoft 365 cloud, so organizations no longer need on-premises print servers and do not need to install printer drivers on devices," Kristin Carr, group program manager, print and networking services, wrote in a March 2 post to a company blog. From other support documents, Microsoft implied that Universal Print will require a license, which hint that it will be an add-on expense.
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