Use The Shared Printer - NETGEAR R7500 User Manual

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 on the page, you can disable the firewall
temporarily to allow the utility to work.
4. Select the printer and click the Connect button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer. Now only your computer can use
the printer.
5. Click the Disconnect button.
The status changes to Available. Now all computers on the network can use the printer.
6. To exit the utility, select System > Exit.

Use the Shared Printer

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 manually connect and print:
1.
Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon
The main page displays.
2. Click the Connect button.
The printer status changes to Manually connected by Mycomputer. Now only the computer you are
using can use this printer.
3. Use the print feature in your application to print your document.
4. To release the printer so that all computers on the network can use it, click the Disconnect button.
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