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4.
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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6.
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
.
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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
.
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