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3.
Select the language and click the
OK
button.
The setup file installs the utility.
4.
On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer, perform the initial setup of
the NETGEAR USB Control Center.
The first time you use the USB printer that is connected to your router, you are asked to
select the USB printer. For more information, see the following section,
Set Up the
NETGEAR USB Control Center
.
5.
(Optional) Change the default settings.
For more information, see
Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center
on page
63.
Set Up the NETGEAR USB Control Center
The first time you access the utility, you are asked to select the printer.
•
When a USB printer is detected and connected automatically during the initial setup, you
have to disconnect the printer and wait for the prompt asking you to click the Connect
button.
•
You might be asked to install the driver for this printer. After the driver is installed, the
printer status changes to Available.
To set up the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
1.
On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer, launch the NETGEAR
USB Control Center the same way you launch any application program on your
Windows or MAC computer.
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2.
Select the printer and click the
Connect
button.
Once the connection is established, the status changes to Manually Connected by
xxx
.
3.
Click the
Disconnect
button.
The status changes to Available.
For each computer, after you click the Connect and Disconnect buttons once, the utility
automatically handles the printing queue. The status of the printer appears as Available
on all the computers.
The utility does not always need to hold the connection of a USB printer. After a print job
is created for some USB printers, the NETGEAR USB Control Center connects to this
USB printer automatically and prints. After the print job is done, the printer status might
return to a Paused state.
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For example, the USB printer displayed in the Windows Printers and Faxes window is
ready for print jobs.
Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center
You can set the time-out and specify other settings from the Control Center - Configuration
screen.
To configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
1.
Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center the same way you launch any application
program on your Windows or MAC computer.
2.
Select
Tools > Configuration
.
3.
Specify the following settings:
•
Automatically execute when logging on Windows
. Enable this utility to start
automatically when you are logged in to Windows.
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•
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.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
Your changes are saved.
Manage USB Print and Scan Jobs
The NETGEAR USB Control Center utility runs in the background on each computer in your
network. This utility manages the printing queue for the USB printer connected to your router.
After you activate the utility on each computer in the network, the status of the USB printer is
Available on all of the computers.
•
When the status is Available, you can use the USB printer from any computer in the
network. The utility on each computer automatically manages the printing queue. The
status of the USB printer appears as Available on all of the computers when no print jobs
are in process.
•
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).
You can click the Disconnect button at any time to release the connection.
You can set the value for the default time-out time from the Configuration screen. For more
information, see
Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center
on page
63.
Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility
from accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the USB printer in the utility, you can
disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer for scanning. For
more information, see
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
on page
65.
Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center
The NETGEAR USB Control Center shows the availability status of the USB devices. The
NETGEAR 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.
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To launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center the same way you launch any application
program on your Windows or MAC computer.
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 you connect, you might be prompted to install the device driver.
The following menu selections display:
•
System
. Exit the utility.
•
Tools
. Access the Control Center - Configuration screen to set up your shared USB
device. For more information, see
Configure the NETGEAR USB Control Center
on
page
63.
•
About
. View details about the USB Control Center software.
The following control buttons are available:
•
Connect
. The first time you access the utility, you are asked to select the printer and click
the Connect button.
•
Disconnect
. Click the
Disconnect
button at any time to release the connection.
•
Network Scanner
. This button activates the scanner window so that you can use the
printer for scanning. Your printer must support scanning and be in the Available state.
Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer
If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer for scanning
To use the scan feature of a multifunction USB printer:
1.
Launch the NETGEAR USB Control Center the same way you launch any application
program on your Windows or MAC computer.
2.
Make sure that the printer status shows as Available.

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