Using Save to Google Drive & Google Cloud Print Effectively


Today it's very common that we save or print some web pages, save some pdf/ppt links directly to Google Drive, so we can access them everywhere.

Save to Google Drive Plugin
We can install Google's Save to Google Drive plugin.

Then if we want to save the page we are browsing as a PDF to Google Drive, click the "Save to Google Drive" button.
If we want to save content of a link to GDrive, right click it, then select "Save Link to Google Drive" menu.

It allows to rename the file to give the file an meaningful name.

Google Cloud Print
Google Cloud Print is integrated with Chrome in desktop version. It allows us to print to local printers, send print jobs from virtually anywhere to a connected printer in any other location or send print jobs to phones or tablets.

It can also allow us to send print jobs to Google drive, the file will be saved as PDF.

When we enter Ctrl+P, Chrome will open Print dialog in current page. Click the change button in Destination section, and select "Save to Google Drive". We can change the layout as Portrait or Landscape.


We can click Save button on the top.

If we want to change the file name, we have to click "Print using Google Drive dialog". In the Google Cloud print dialog, select "Save to Google Drive", in next page, give the file an meaningful name.
Mobile
In android phone/tablets, we can install the Google Drive and Google CLoud Print apps, then use Android's "Share" function to save to GDrive.
 or send print jobs.

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