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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.

If this is the first time you are accessing 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

.

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Note that you can click the

Disconnect

button at any time to release the connection. The

status then changes to Available.

Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all of the computers in the network, the

utility on each of them automatically handles the printing queue and handling. The status of

the printer should appear as 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. This activates the Scanner window 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, a scanner, or an audio speaker.

The utility has to be installed 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,

Control Center Configuration

.

•

About

. View details about the USB Control Center software.