Chrome Printer Management API Overview
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The Chrome Printer Management API is a RESTful API that can be used to create and manage
printers and print servers for a Chrome or Google Workspace customer. Your
end users can use the printers you set up with the API to print directly from
their organization's ChromeOS devices.
Following is a list of common terms used in the Chrome Printer Management API:
- CUPS
- CUPS is an
open-source printing system that uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
to manage network print jobs and queues across a wide variety of printers,
without requiring device-specific drivers.
- Print server
- A virtual print queue or physical server on the organization's network that
routes print jobs to individual printers.
- Printer
- A physical printer connected to the organization's network.
Next steps
- To learn how to configure the Chrome Printer Management API, including Admin console
requirements and service account setup, see the
Get started guide.
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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