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Share a USB Printer
The ReadySHARE Printer utility lets you share a USB printer that is connected to the USB port
on your modem router. You can share this USB printer among the Windows and Mac computers
on your network.
The chapter includes the following sections:
•
Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer
•
Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
•
Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
•
Use the Shared Printer
•
View or Change the Status of a Printer
•
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
•
Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings
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Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer
Some USB printer manufacturers (for example, HP and Lexmark) request that you do not
connect the USB cable until the installation software prompts you to do so.
To install the driver and cable the printer:
1.
On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer, install the driver
software for the USB printer.
If the printer driver is not installed, contact the printer manufacturer.
2.
Use a USB printer cable to connect the USB printer to a modem router USB port.
USB port
Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
The utility works on Windows computers, Mac computers, smart phones, and tablets.
To download the ReadySHARE Printer utility:
1.
Visit
www.netgear.com/readyshare
.
2.
Scroll down to the Print From the Comfort of Your Home Network section at the bottom of
the screen.
3.
Click one of the following links.
•
Download PC installer and get started
. This is the utility for Windows computers.
•
Download Mac installer and get started
. This is the utility for MAC computers.
•
Download the genie App and get started
. This is the utility for smart phones and
tablets.
4.
Follow the onscreen instructions to download the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file.
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Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility
You must install the ReadySHARE Printer utility on each computer that will share the printer.
After you install it, the utility displays as NETGEAR USB Control Center on your computer.
To install the utility:
1.
If necessary, unzip the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file.
2.
Double-click the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file that you downloaded.
The InstallShield wizard displays.
3.
Follow the wizard instructions to install NETGEAR USB Control Center.
After the InstallShield Wizard completes the installation, the NETGEAR USB Control
Center prompts you to select a language.
4.
Select a language from the list and click the
OK
button.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center displays the main screen.
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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 in the screen, 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 screen 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.
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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
120.
View or Change the Status of a Printer
To view or change the status:
1.
Click the
NETGEAR USB Control Center
icon
.
The main screen displays.
The Status column shows the status for each device:
•
Available
. No print jobs are in progress. You can use the USB printer from any
computer in the network.
•
Connected
. Your computer is connected to the printer and will be released when
your print job is done.
•
Manually Connected by
. Only the connected computer can use the printer.
•
Waiting to Connect
. Your computer is not connected to the shared printer yet.
2.
To print from your computer when the status shows Manually connected by
another
computer
, click the
Disconnect
button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.
3.
To print from your computer when the status shows Waiting to Connect, do the following:
a.
Click the
Connect
button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by
Mycomputer
. Now only your
computer can use the printer.
b.
To allow the printer to be shared, click the
Disconnect
button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.

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