Netgear Wndr3700v5 N600 Wifi Router User Manual
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Share a USB Printer 81 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router Install the Printer Driver and Cable the Printer Some USB printer manufacturers (for example, HP and Lexmark) request t\ hat you do not connect the USB cable until the installation software prompts you to do \ so. To install the driver and cable the printer: 1. On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer , install the driver software for the USB printer. If the printer driver is not installed, contact the printer...
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Share a USB Printer 82 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility You must install the ReadySHARE Printer utility on each computer that wil\ l share the printer. After you install it, the utility displays as NETGEAR USB Control Center\ on your computer. To install the utility: 1. If necessary , unzip the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file. 2. Double-click the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file that you download\ ed. 3. Follow the wizard instructions to install...
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Share a USB Printer 83 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router 4. Select a language from the menu and click the OK button. The USB printer connected to the router displays in the NETGEAR USB Cont\ rol Center window. Note: Some firewall software, such as Comodo or Norton, blocks NETGEAR USB Control Center from accessing the USB printer. If you do not see the USB printer displayed in the utility, you can disable the firewall temporarily to allow the utility to work.
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Share a USB Printer 84 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router 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 u\ tility starts automatically whenever you log on to Windows and runs in the background.\ For more information about the features available in the NETGEAR USB Con\ trol Center, see the ReadySHARE Printer User Manual, which is available...
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Share a USB Printer 85 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router 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 u\ tility 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 . 2. Select a printer and click the Connect...
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Share a USB Printer 86 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit 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: • A vailable. 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...
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Share a USB Printer 87 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router The printer is released from the connection and the printer status on yo\ ur computer changes to Available. 3. T o print from your computer when the status shows Waiting to Connect, do the following: a.Click the Connect button. The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer . Now only your computer can use the printer . b. T o allow the printer to be shared, click the Disconnect button. The printer is released from the...
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Share a USB Printer 88 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router Turn Off Automatic Startup for NETGEAR USB Control Center You can stop the NETGEAR USB Control Center from starting automatically w\ hen you log in to Windows. To turn off automatic NETGEAR USB Control Center startup: 1. Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon . 2. Select Tools > Configuration. The Control Center - Configuration window displays. 3. Clear the Automatically execute when logging on W indows check box. 4. Click the OK...
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Share a USB Printer 89 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router Change the Language in NETGEAR USB Control Center To change the language: 1. Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon . 2. Select Tools > Configuration . The Control Center - Configuration window displays. 3. In the Language menu, select a language. 4. Click the OK button. The next time NETGEAR USB Control Center starts, the language changes. Specify the Time-Out for NETGEAR USB Control Center Specify the time-out to release the printer...
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Share a USB Printer 90 N600 WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router To specify the time-out: 1. Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon . 2. Select Tools > Configuration. The Control Center - Configuration window displays. 3. In the T imeout field, type the number of minutes. The time-out is the number of minutes that a computer holds its connecti\ on to the printer when the connection isn’t being used. 4. Click the OK button. Your settings are saved.