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Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility

.

5.

After you have installed the utility, select the language.

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The first time you access the utility, you are asked to 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 handles 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 > 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 screen 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 your computer

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

a scanner.

Install the utility on each computer on your network from which you want to control the

device. You can download this utility for PC and Mac at

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

.

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

This is the main screen, which 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. If this is the first time you are connecting, you might be prompted to install the device

driver.

Menu selections:

•

System

. Exit the utility.

•

Tools

. Access the Control Center Configuration to set up your shared USB device. See

the following section.

•

About

. View details about the USB Control Center software.

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To view or change the configuration:

Select

Tools >Configuration

to display the following screen:

The following settings are available:

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.

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 their installation

software prompts you to do so.

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

printer, and then wait for the prompt asking you to click

Connect

.