Update: August 2025 (Chrome 139) - Windows and Mac Chrome applications no longer supported.

ChromeOS (Managed by Admin)

• Force-installing Coreza Print on ChromeOS devices continues to work as usual and is supported for the foreseeable future. Starting from ChromeOS version 139 (stable since August 19, 2025), user-installed Chrome Apps will no longer function. However, admin‑force‑installed apps remain supported beyond that point.
  
   

• Google’s phased deprecation schedule for Chrome Apps across ChromeOS is as follows:

  • July 2025 – ChromeOS release 138: Last version supporting user-installed Chrome Apps; force-installed apps still work.

  • July 2026 – ChromeOS release 150: Support for Chrome Apps in kiosk mode ends (except for Long-Term Support channel, which receives extended support)  .

  • February 2027 – ChromeOS release 156: Admin-installed Chrome Apps in user sessions are disabled by default and require a policy change. Coreza Print applications will not need require a policy change.

  • February 2028 – ChromeOS release 168: All Chrome Apps on ChromeOS reach end-of-life; LTS channel devices maintain support until October 2028  .
    
     

• Summary: Admin‑force‑installed Coreza Print Chrome Apps on ChromeOS remain functional for several years to come, making them safe and reliable for long-term deployment.

Windows & macOS

• For Windows and macOS, Chrome Apps are now fully deprecated and no longer supported. Google has phased out Chrome Apps on these platforms and replaced them with Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and native applications  .
  
   

• As a result, customers must now install the Coreza Print native drivers:

  • Windows: MSI (or EXE) installer

  • macOS: PKG (or DMG) installer
    
     

• These native applications support printing both through Chrome and standard desktop applications such as Word or Excel  .
  
   

• If IT admins do not want to touch every device to install the directprint.io application then utilizing MDM tools such as Itune, PDQ (Windows) and JAMF or Mousel (macOS) is supported and recommended.

Download link for Windows
End-user client guide for Windows

 

Download link for Mac
End-user client guide for Mac

Update: January 2023 (Chrome 110) - directprint.io unaffected by Chrome Apps deprecation on all platforms.

Chromebook users are entirely unaffected - Chrome Apps will continue to work through a minimum of 2025 at which point directprint.io will have an new extension available on the webstore.

The Chrome Application for Windows and Mac was displaying a warning triangle and a prompt stating that the application was no longer supported after December 2022.

 

• This warning has been permanently removed in Chrome 110 (January 2023)
• There is no deprecation timeline for the directprint.io Chrome App on Windows and Mac.
• You may continue to use the directprint.io Chrome App on Windows and Mac indefinitely.

App deprecation warning triangle removed in Chrome 110

 

Of course, if you do want to migrate your Windows and Mac users to the native applications then you can direct your end users to;

Download link for Windows
End-user client guide for Windows

 

Download link for Mac
End-user client guide for Mac

 

As a reminder, the native applications for Windows and Mac allow end-users to print using Chrome as well as support the ability to print from native applications such as Office 365 Apps - Word, Excel, etc.

If you have any questions regarding this update please do not hesitate to reach out to support@directprint.io

Previous advice (for historical purposes only)

Update: October 2022 - Chrome apps to be removed from Chrome on Windows and macOS

TLDR;

A number of customers have requested further information regarding the deprecation of Chrome Apps on ChromeOS, Windows, and Mac. 

This topic has become more prominent due to a recent release of Chrome where some Chrome Apps are being highlighted as unsupported with a note to ‘Remove n unsupported app(s)’. See the screenshot below.

This update outlines directprint.io’s approach to Chrome App deprecation.

What are the timelines?

• Chrome Apps for Windows and Mac will be deprecated in January 2023.
• Chrome Apps for ChromeOS will continue until January 2025.

What does this mean for me and my end users?

End users using ChromeOS are unaffected, you can continue as normal with the directprint.io ChromeOS application in this environment until 2025 when directprint.io will have an extension.

End users using the Chrome App on Windows or macOS will require migration to the directprint.io Windows native app (exe / msi).

Chrome OS → No Change

Chrome App on Windows → Migrate users to the directprint.io Windows app (exe/msi)

Chrome App on Mac → Migrate users to the directprint.io Mac app (dmg)

Our recommendation for IT administrators

Short term

Action: Ensure that the directprint.io application for Chrome on Windows and Mac is forced installed through Google Admin. 

Result: End users will be unable to remove the application themselves ensuring that printing through directprint.io on Chrome continues.

Before January 2023

Action: 

Deploy the directprint.io Windows and Mac applications to your end users.

Result:

End users can continue to print using directprint.io through Chrome as well as native applications such as Word, Powerpoint, etc on Windows and macOS. 

For further information

If our recommendations do not produce the desired outcomes for your end-users or you would like to discuss this document in more detail then please get in contact with us at support@directprint.io. 

Update: October 2021 - Chrome apps live on

Chromium Project announces that Chrome apps will be supported until at least January 2025.

Read the  latest Chromium Blog Entry here

Original deprecation notice: August 2020

As you may have read here Chrome Apps were due to be deprecated in June 2022. 

This announcement caused concern among the Chrome & Chromebook user and the admin community.

For some vendors, there was no viable alternative to Chrome Apps and we were glad to welcome the announcement in October 2021.

The August 2020 blog post was superseded by the October 2021 announcement.

directprint.io Strategy: Apps vs Extensions

Don't worry, directprint.io has a migration strategy in place for all Chrome and ChromeOS customers using our Chrome App.

Firstly, Chrome Extensions will continue to be supported in Chrome and ChromeOS for the foreseeable future.

The directprint.io Client is already available as an Extension, it's currently hidden on the Chrome Web Store to avoid confusion between the App and Extension versions.

The current status of the Extension is that it supports all directprint.io functions except:

1. No Socket printing (socket:// printer URIs)
2. No LPD printing (lpd:// printer URIs)
3. No discovery of printers in the printer Wizard for Admins

The current Extension API set is limited, we are working with Google to ensure that the Extension has functional equivalence with Apps in time for June 2022 and January 2025.

Current deployment options:

IPP only

If you are using exclusively IPP printing you are welcome to migrate to the Extension version of the directprint.io client for Chrome and ChromeOS.

The Extension will automatically update to include socket and LPD support when the API set evolves.

Please email support@directprint.io requesting access to the Extension, we will send you the full URL and the Extension ID of the Extension for use either as self-install or force install via Google Workspace.

Socket and LPD printers/ queues

For customers using Socket or LPD printing: We suggest that you hold off migrating to the Extension version until it is functionally equivalent to the App version.

Communication plan:

When the extension is functionally equivalent to the App version the directprint.io downloads page https://directprint.io/admin/knowledge/downloads will be updated to include a link to the new Extension.

We will also post a message to all customers and trialists informing them of the readiness to switch over.

The page was last updated in Feb 2022 and will continue to be updated through January 2025.