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4.

Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility

.

5.

Select the language.

The first time you access the utility, you are asked to select the printer.

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6.

Select the printer and click the

Connect

button.

Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually connected by

xxx

.

You can click the

Disconnect

button at any time to release the connection. The status

then changes to Available.

After you click the Connect button once on each computer in the network, the utility on

each of them manages the printing queue and handling. The status of the printer is

Available on all of the computers.

•

When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer.

•

When the status is Manually connected by

xxx

, only the

xxx

computer can use the

printer. Other network devices must wait until the

xxx

computer has released the

connection, or until the connection times out (the default time-out value is 30

seconds).

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•

You can set the value for the default time-out time from the Tools > Control Center -

Configuration screen

.

•

The USB Control Center utility must be running for the computer to be able to print to

the USB printer attached to the router. If you exit the utility, printing does not work.

•

Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the ReadySHARE Print utility from

accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the printer in the utility, you can disable

the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.

7.

If your printer supports scanning, make sure that the printer is in the Available state, and

click the

Network Scanner

button.

The scanner window opens so you can use the printer for scanning

.

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USB Control Center Utility

The USB Control Center utility allows you to control a shared USB device from a computer

that is connected to the USB port on your router. The utility allows you to control a printer and

a scanner.

You have to install the utility on each computer on your network from which you want to

control the device. You can download this utility for a Windows or Mac computer at

www.netgear.com/landing/en-us/readyshare.aspx

.

When you launch the USB Control Center Utility, a screen similar to the following displays:

Figure 8. NETGEAR USB Control Center utility

The main screen shows a device icon, the description for this USB device, and its status.

Available

. The device is available from the computer that you are using.

Waiting to Connect

. You need to connect to this device from the computer that you are

using. The first time that you connect, you might be prompted to install the device driver.

The following menus display:

•

System

. Exit the utility.

•

Tools

. Access the Control Center - Configuration screen to set up your shared USB

device. See the following section,

Control Center Configuration

.

•

About

. View details about the USB Control Center software.

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Control Center Configuration



To use the Control Center Configuration screen:

1.

Select

Tools > Configuration

.

2.

Specify the following settings:

•

Automatically execute when logging on Windows

. Enable this utility to start

automatically when you are logged in to Windows.

•

Timeout

. Specify the time-out value for holding the USB resource when it is not in

use.

•

Language

. Select the display language for this utility.

3.

Click

OK

.

USB Printer

The first time you use a printer, click

Connect

. You might be asked to install the driver for this

printer. After the driver is installed, the printer status changes to Available.

Note:

Some USB printers (for example, HP and Lexmark printers) request

that you do not connect the USB cable until you are prompted to do

so by the printer driver installation software.

If the USB printer is detected and connected automatically, you need to disconnect the printer

and wait for the prompt asking you to click Connect.