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ReadySHARE Printer

ReadySHARE Printer lets you connect a USB printer to the router’s
USB port, and access it wirelessly.

To set up ReadySHARE Printer:

Step 1:

Connect the USB printer to the router’s USB port with a

USB printer cable.

Step 2:

Install the USB printer driver software

on each computer

that will share the printer. If you do not have the printer driver,
contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most
recent printer driver software.

Summary of Contents for R4500

Page 1: ...R4500 User Guide A Guide for Using ReadySHARE Cloud ReadySHARE Printer ReadySHARE Access Desktop NETGEAR Genie with your R4500 Router ...

Page 2: ...emarks NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo and Connect with Innovation are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc and or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design operational function and or reliability NETGEAR re...

Page 3: ...u can also invite friends and family members to access the shared contents on the USB device If your friends and family do not have a ReadySHARE Cloud account they will be invited to create one so they can access the shared contents Visit http readyshare netgear com and create an account to make your files and folders accessible at any time from anywhere In addition to remotely sharing anything st...

Page 4: ...t up ReadySHARE Printer Step 1 Connect the USB printer to the router s USB port with a USB printer cable Step 2 Install the USB printer driver software on each computer that will share the printer If you do not have the printer driver contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most recent printer driver software ...

Page 5: ... NETGEAR USB Control Center utility The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac version and a Windows version which you can access in two different ways From the ReadySHARE Printer area of this URL www netgear com readyshare From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR Genie ...

Page 6: ...is utility before you can use the ReadySHARE Printer feature For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work this utility must be run in the background Step 4 Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility ...

Page 7: ...7 Step 5 After you have installed the utility select the language Step 6 If this is the first time you are accessing the utility you are asked to select the printer and click the Connect button ...

Page 8: ...tton at any time to release the connection The status then changes to Available Once the Connect button has been clicked once on all 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 ...

Page 9: ...ted 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 set the value for the default time out time from the Tools Configuration screen ...

Page 10: ...in the utility you can disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work Step 8 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 For more detailed information about ReadySHARE Printer see the User Manual by clicking the Documentation link ...

Page 11: ...eless on your network If your USB device requires special drivers it will not be compatible You can access your USB device as follows On Windows systems use any of these methods Select Start Run and enter readyshare in the dialog box Click OK Open Explorer or Safari and enter readyshare in the address bar Open My Network Places and enter readyshare in the address bar ...

Page 12: ...shareconnect exe file for Windows is available to download here http www netgear com readyshare NOTE If your USB device requires a power supply you must use it when connecting your USB device to a NETGEAR router or gateway It may take up to 2 minutes before the USB drive is ready for sharing after it is connected to the router ...

Page 13: ...age and control your entire home network and helps you fix common network problems Visit the NETGEAR Genie web page at http www netgear com genie Internet STATUS GOOD Network Map Number of devices 16 Parental Controls WiFi Connection STATUS Connected Router Settings Click here ReadySHARE Click here Click here ...

Page 14: ...ur router Router Settings Log in to your router to view or change its settings Network map View network devices connected to your network Parental Controls Manage parental controls to protect devices in your network from inappropriate contents ReadySHARE If you connected a USB storage device or printer to the USB port on the router then you can access its contents Support The Support FAQs are avai...

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