Alternative to Chrome’s cloud print

In the early months of 2021, Google announced that its Cloud Print capability will be removed after 10 years of service. It allows users to print a PDF copy of any web page. The shut down also comes along with the depreciation of Chrome’s ‘automatic upload of a file to Google Drive’ function. Fortunately, all of these necessary features can now be found in a chrome extension, Save to Google Drive, and enjoyed free-of-charge.

Stronger save, upload, and print capability

This extension utility gives you the power to save web content or screen captures from your browser directly to Google Drive. Aside from that, you can also instantly save documents, images, hyperlinks, as well as HTML5 audio and video. By simply right-clicking on the contents and selecting the ‘Save Google Drive’ option, you will be able to safe-keep them in your drive.

Once this tool is installed, the ‘Save to Drive‘ button will then appear as one of the options in the drop-down ‘Destination’ tab of the ‘Chrome Print’ function. You will have the liberty to control the directory location and format of saved HTML pages. Moreover, you will be able to convert your Microsoft Office files or comma-separated files to Google Docs format.

Its progress dialog gives you permission to open, rename, and view your file in the Google Drive document list. You will be able to organize and share a new document in the mentioned file list, as well. However, it contains few limitations. For instance, it has no capacity to capture either chrome:// pages or Chrome Web Store pages due to various security restrictions.

Essential replacement

Thanks to the Save to Google Drive add-on, users who miss the Cloud Print and Upload capability of Chrome will still be able to enjoy it. Its more extensive and efficient save function is something to look forward to as it speeds up workflow. This is a highly recommended tool especially for users who often use Google Drive to save various contents.