Share a USB Printer
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D6300 WiFi DSL Modem Router
View or Change the Status of a Printer
To view or change the status:
1.
Click the
NETGEAR USB Control Center
icon
.
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 printer status shows Manually connected by
another
computer
, do the following:
a.
Click the
Connect
button on your computer.
On the other user’s computer, a message displays that another user wants to connect
to the printer.
b.
On the other user’s computer, click the
Accept
button.