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Chrome Apps deprecation: Status and directprint.io approach

DJ
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As you may have read here Chrome Apps will be deprecated in June 2022. This article explains the options for organizations that have deployed the Chrome App to their users.

 

Current status

Don't worry, directprint.io has a migration strategy in place for all Chrome and ChromeOS customers using our Chrome App.

 

Firstly, Chrome Extensions will continue to be supported in Chrome and ChromeOS for the foreseeable future.

 

The directprint.io Client is already available as an Extension, it's currently hidden on the Chrome Web Store to avoid confusion between the App and Extension versions.

The current status of the Extension is that it supports all directprint.io functions except:

  1. No Socket printing (socket:// printer URIs)
  2. No LPD printing (lpd:// printer URIs)
  3. No discovery of printers in the printer Wizard for Admins

The current Extension API set is limited, we are working with Google to ensure that the Extension has functional equivalence with Apps in time for June 2022.

 

Current deployment options:

IPP only

If you are using exclusively IPP printing you are welcome to migrate to the Extension version of the directprint.io client for Chrome and ChromeOS.

The Extension will automatically update to include socket and LPD support when the API set evolves.

Please email support@directprint.io requesting access to the Extension, we will send you the full URL and the Extension ID of the Extension for use either as self-install or force install via Google Workspace.

 

Socket and LPD printers/ queues

For customer using Socket or LPD printing: We suggest that you hold off migrating to the Extension version until it is functionally equivalent with the App version.

 

Communication plan:

When the extension is functionally equivalent to the App version the directprint.io downloads page https://directprint.io/admin/knowledge/downloads will be updated to include a link to the new Extension.

We will also post a message to all customers and trialists informing them of the readiness to switch over.

 

The page was last updated in May 2021 and will continue to be updated through June 2022.

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