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Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks NETGEAR USB Control Center from
accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the USB printer displayed on the page, you
can disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
5.
Select the printer and click the
Connect
button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by
Mycomputer
. Now only your
computer can use the printer.
6.
Click the
Disconnect
button.
The status changes to Available. Now all computers on the network can use the printer.
7.
To exit the utility, select
System > Exit
.
Use the Shared Printer
For each computer, after you click the
Connect
and
Disconnect
buttons once, the utility
automatically manages the printing queue. By default, the utility starts automatically
whenever you log on to Windows and runs in the background.
To manually connect and print:
1.
Click the
NETGEAR USB Control Center
icon
.
The main page displays.
2.
Click the
Connect
button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by
Mycomputer
. Now only the
computer you are using can use this printer.
3.
Use the print feature in your application to print your document.
4.
To release the printer so that all computers on the network can use it, click the
Disconnect
button.
To print and release the printer to any computer on the network:
1.
To print your document, use the print feature in your application.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center automatically connects your computer to the USB
printer and prints the document. If another computer is already connected to the printer,
your print job goes into a queue to wait to be printed.
2.
If your document does not print, use the NETGEAR USB Control Center to check the status.
See
View or Change the Status of a Printer
on page
142.