View Or Change The Status Of A Printer; Use The Scan Feature Of A Multifunction Usb Printer - NETGEAR Nighthawk R7000P User Manual

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.
• 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 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.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.
3. To 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. To allow the printer to be shared, click the Disconnect button.
The printer is released from the connection and the status changes to Available.

Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer

If your USB printer supports scanning, you can also use the USB printer for scanning.
To use the scan feature of a multifunction USB printer:
1.
Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon
The NETGEAR USB Control Center page displays.
2. Make sure that the printer status shows as Available.
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