Below are some resources to help you navigate your EA Chromebook at home. 

Chromebook Chargers

What charger does our school Chromebook use?

Which Chromebook Model do you have?

Adding a printer at home to your chromebook is a little different then adding it to a regular computer.  Here are a few steps to try to use your home printer with your school Chromebook:

1. Make sure your printer and Chromebook are connected to the internet, and on the same network.  If you have an Wi-Fi extender in your house, the Chromebook will not see the printer if one is on your main router and the other is on the extender Wi-fi router.

2. Try printing a test page.

   • To print the page, image or document you’re viewing, press Ctrl + P.

   • Next to "Destination," select the Down arrow .

   • Select See more...

   • Choose your printer. Tip: Some printers will automatically show up on this list. If you don’t see your printer on the list, you can select Manage.

   • Select Print.

3. See if your Printer is a "Google Cloud Ready Printer".  You can use this website here to check: https://www.google.com/cloudprint/learn/printers/.  If it is, it will hopefully make setup easier.

4. To add a printer to the Chromebook, try this:

   • At the bottom right, click on the oval where the time is located.

   • Select Settings (gear).

   • At the bottom, select Advanced.

   • Under "Printing," select Printers.

   • Under "Available printers to save," next to your printer, select Save.

   • Check that your printer appears at the top, under "Saved printers."

5. If the printer does not automatically show up, you can try to add it manually:

   • At the bottom right, select the time.

   • Select Settings (Gear) .

   • At the bottom, select Advanced.

   • Under "Printing," select Printers.

   • Next to "Add printer," select Add printer .

     • Name

     • Address: Enter your printer’s IP address.  You will need to go to the settings on your printer and find the IP address of your printer to enter into the Chromebook.

     • Protocol: For most printers, the supported connection protocol is IPP.

     • Queue: For most printers, the queue is ipp/print.

     • Select Add.

6. You could even try to connect the USB cord that came with the printer to the Chromebook to see if the Chromebook will see the printer this way.

   • Plug the cable into your printer, and then plug the other end into your Chromebook. (You may need an adapter, depending on what kind of cable you have and what kind of ports your Chromebook provides.)

   • Open your Chromebook’s settings and type “print” into the search box.

   • Select “Printers,” and then click the blue “Add Printer” button.

   • Click on your printer’s name, and click the blue “Add” button to finish.