The printing in chromebook is always a problem for a printer which does not support google cloud print. A possible solution is using a windows based chrome browser as a bridge to link between chromebook and the local printer, but the disadvantage is the windows computer must be always on.

I had a HP printer linked to a raspberry pi 3 running Raspbian, and there is a solution to make RPi as a google cloud printer connector.  Followings are steps installing the converter on raspbian (Debian Jessie). For more information, please refer to the website: https://github.com/google/cloud-print-connector/wiki/Build-from-source

In order to install the connector, Go 1.5.2 is required, however, Raspbian (Debian Jessie) only provides version 1.3?. New version of go can be installed as below (It’s tricky that version 1.5 can not be installed directly, version 1.4 should be installed first) :

1. Install go 1.4

   $ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go ~/go1.4
   $ cd ~/go1.4/src
   $ git checkout go1.4.3
   $ ./all.bash

2. Install go 1.5

   $ git clone https://go.googlesource.com/go ~/go1.5
   $ cd ~/go1.5/src
   $ git checkout go1.5.2
   $ ./all.bash

3. Config go –

   set work space

   $ echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc

   set go install path

   $export GOROOT=$HOME/go1.5/go1.5

   $ echo 'PATH="$PATH:$GOROOT/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
   $ source ~/.bashrc
   $ go version
   go version go1.5.2 linux/arm

4. Build

   run command in ~/folder 

   $go get github.com/google/cloud-print-connector/...

5. In folder ~/go/bin you should have two new binaries gcp-cups-connector and gcp-connector-util
6. Create an unprivileged gcp system user:

   sudo useradd -s /usr/sbin/nologin -r -M cloud-print-connector
   

   Create /opt/cloud-print-connector:

   sudo mkdir /opt/cloud-print-connector
   

   Move the binaries to /opt/cloud-print-connector:

   sudo mv ~/go/bin/gcp-cups-connector /opt/cloud-print-connector
   

   sudo mv ~/go/bin/gcp-connector-util /opt/cloud-print-connector

7. Make sure the binaries are executable:

   sudo chmod 755 /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-cups-connector
   

   sudo chmod 755 /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-connector-util
   

   Change the owner of the binaries to gcp:

   sudo chown cloud-print-connector:cloud-print-connector /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-cups-connector
   

   sudo chown cloud-print-connector:cloud-print-connector /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-connector-util

8. Make a gcp config:

   sudo /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-connector-util init

9. Make a gcp config:

   sudo /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-connector-util init
   

   Example configuration:

   "Local printing" means that clients print directly to the connector via local subnet,
   and that an Internet connection is neither necessary nor used.
   Enable local printing?
   y
   
   "Cloud printing" means that clients can print from anywhere on the Internet,
   and that printers must be explicitly shared with users.
   Enable cloud printing?
   y
   
   Retain the user OAuth token to enable automatic sharing?
   y
   
   User or group email address to share with:
   xxx@gmail.com
   
   Proxy name for this GCP CUPS Connector:
   MyPrinterName
   
   Visit https://www.google.com/device, and enter this code. I'll wait for you.
   XXXX-XXXX
   Acquired OAuth credentials for robot account
   
   The config file /home/pi/gcp-cups-connector.config.json is ready to rock.
   Keep it somewhere safe, as it contains an OAuth refresh token.
   

   Move the gcp config to /opt/cloud-print-connector/:

   sudo mv ~/gcp-cups-connector.config.json /opt/cloud-print-connector/
   

   Change the file permissions of the gcp config:

   sudo chmod 660 /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-cups-connector.config.json
   

   Change the owner of the gcp config to gcp:

   sudo chown cloud-print-connector:cloud-print-connector /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-cups-connector.config.json

10. run $/opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-cups-connector -config-filename /opt/cloud-print-connector/gcp-cups-connector.config.json
11. In chromebook, add google cloud printer in setting – > advance
12. done!