Share a USB Printer
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The USB printer connected to the router displays in the NETGEAR USB Control Center
window.
Some firewall software, such as Comodo, blocks NETGEAR USB Control Center from
accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the USB printer displayed, you can disable
the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
Print Using the NETGEAR USB Control Center
For each computer, after you click the
Connect
and
Disconnect
buttons once, the utility
automatically manages the printing queue and handling. By default, the utility starts
automatically whenever you log on to Windows and runs in the background.
To print a document using the NETGEAR USB Control Center:
1.
Click the
NETGEAR USB Control Center
icon
.
The main page displays.
2.
Select a printer and click the
Connect
button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by
Mycomputer
. Now only the
computer that you are using can use this printer.
3.
Use the print feature in your application to print your document.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center automatically connects your computer to the USB
printer and prints the document. If another computer is already connected to the printer,
your print job goes into a queue to wait to be printed.
4.
If your document does not print, use the NETGEAR USB Control Center to check the printer
status.
5.
To release the printer so that all computers on the network can use it, click the
Disconnect
button.
The status changes to Available. Now any computers on the network can use the printer.
6.
To exit the utility, select
System > Exit
.
View or Change the Status of a Printer
To view or change the status:
1.
Click the
NETGEAR USB Control Center
icon
.
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
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.
