NETGEAR ReadySHARE Printer User Manual
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1. Print Using the NETGEAR USB Control Center 0 cece eee eee 9 View or Change the Status of a Printer 0 0 c cee eee eee 10 Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer 11 Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings 0000 12 Turn Off Automatic Startup for NETGEAR USB Control Center 13 Change the Language in NETGEAR USB Control Center 14 Specify the Time Out for NETGEAR USB Control Center 15 Set Up ReadSHARE Printer The ReadySHARE Printer utility lets you share a USB printer that is connected to a USB port on your router You can share this USB printer among the Windows and Mac computers on your network This chapter contains the following sections e Supported NETGEAR Routers e Install the Printer Driver and Set Up the Printer e Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility e Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility For more information about the topics covered in this manual visit the support website at http support netgear com For more information about ReadySHARE features visit www netgear com readyshare ReadySHARE Printer Supported NETGEAR Routers To determine if your NETGEAR router supports ReadySHARE Printer see your router s user manual which is available at http downloadcenter netgear com Install the Printer Driver and Set Up the Printer Some USB printer manufacturers for example HP and Lexmark2. request that you do not connect the USB cable until the installation software prompts you to do so gt To install the driver and set up the printer 1 2 Connect your computer to the router s network On each computer on your network that shares the USB printer install the driver software for the USB printer If you cannot find the printer driver contact the printer manufacturer Make sure that your computer can connect to the printer and print Use a USB printer cable to connect the USB printer to a USB port on the router Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility gt To download the ReadySHARE Printer utility 5 6 Visit htto support netgear com product ReadySHARE 2bUSB 2bPrinter In the Downloads section download the ReadySHARE Printer utility for either Windows or Mac computers The file downloads to your computer Open the file and follow the onscreen instructions to install the utility Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility You must install the ReadySHARE Printer utility on each computer that will share the printer After you install it the utility displays as NETGEAR USB Control Center on your computer gt To install the utility 1 If necessary unzip the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file Set Up ReadSHARE Printer 5 ReadySHARE Printer 2 Double click the ReadySHARE Printer utility setup file that you downloaded 43 NETGEAR USB Control Center InstallShield Wizard 28 Wel
3. NETGEAR ReadySHARE Printer User Manual August 2015 202 11578 02 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose CA 95134 USA ReadySHARE Printer Support Thank you for selecting NETGEAR products After installing your device locate the serial number on the label of your product and use it to register your product at https my netgear com You must register your product before you can use NETGEAR telephone support NETGEAR recommends registering your product through the NETGEAR website For product updates and web support visit http support netgear com Phone US amp Canada only 1 888 NETGEAR Phone Other Countries Check the list of phone numbers at http support netgear com general contact default aspx Trademarks NETGEAR Inc NETGEAR and the NETGEAR Logo are trademarks of NETGEAR Inc Any non NETGEAR trademarks are used for reference purposes only Compliance For regulatory compliance information visit http www netgear com about regulatory See the regulatory compliance document before connecting the power supply Contents Chapter 1 Set Up ReadSHARE Printer S pported NETGEAR ROUTERS cc2xi aiciceacaddedage baltie tedio akie 5 Install the Printer Driver and Set Up the Printer eee eee eee 5 Download the ReadySHARE Printer Utility 00000 5 Install the ReadySHARE Printer Utility ccc ee eee eee eee 5 Chapter 2 Use NETGEAR USB Control Center
4. come to the InstallShield Wizard for NETGEAR USB Control Center The InstallShield R Wizard will install NETGEAR USB Control Center on your computer To continue dick Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties 3 Follow the wizard instructions to install NETGEAR USB Control Center After the InstallShield Wizard completes the installation the NETGEAR USB Control Center prompts you to select a language NETGEAR USB Control Center E nglish v Set Up ReadSHARE Printer 6 ReadySHARE Printer Select a language from the menu and click the OK button N NETGEAR USB Control Center System Tools About lt R7000 2 Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Series Available MASS STORAGE Connected The USB printer connected to the router displays in the NETGEAR USB Control 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 Set Up ReadSHARE Printer 7 Use NETGEAR USB Control Center After you install the ReadySHARE Printer utility the utility displays as NETGEAR USB Control Center on your computer This chapter contains the following sections e Print Using the NETGEAR USB Control Center e View or Change the Stat
5. e NETGEAR USB Control Center icon ERJ N NETGEAR USB Control Center System Tools About lt R7000 lt Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Series Available lt S gt MASS STORAGE Connected Network Scanner 2 Select Tools gt Configuration N Control Center Configuration Basic Automatically execute when logging on Windows Timeout 10 minute 1 800 m Play Audio Play audio to PC speaker Language a German Swedish French Dutch Italian 3 In the Timeout field type the number of minutes Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 15 ReadySHARE Printer The time out is the number of minutes that a computer holds its connection to the printer when the connection isn t being used 4 Click the OK button Your settings are saved Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 16
6. e scanner widow displays so that you can use the USB printer for scanning lt M Welcome to the Auto Connect Scanner lt gt Integrated Camera TWAIN and Image Name and Destination Select a name and destination for your pictures 1 Type a name for this image set Picture 2 Select a file format JFG JPEG Image 3 Choose a place to save this image set C Users tipham Pictures gi Picture Information Page number 0 Location Picture Width Height Dimensions Resolution Bit Depth File Size Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings You can stop the NETGEAR USB Control Center from starting automatically when you log in to Windows You can also change the language and specify the time out to release the printer connection Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 12 ReadySHARE Printer Turn Off Automatic Startup for NETGEAR USB Control Center You can stop the NETGEAR USB Control Center from starting automatically when you log in to Windows gt To turn off automatic NETGEAR USB Control Center startup 1 Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon ERJ N NETGEAR USB Control Center System Tools About lt R7000 Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Series Available MASS STORAGE Connected 2 Select Tools gt Configuration iN Control Center Configuration Basic 7 Automatically execut
7. e when logging on Windows M Timeout 10 minute 1 600 rm Play Audio Play audio to PC speaker m Language a German a Swedish French Dutch Italian 3 Clear the Automatically execute when logging on Windows check box 4 Click the OK button Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 13 ReadySHARE Printer Your settings are saved Change the Language in NETGEAR USB Control Center gt To change the language 1 Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon SJ N NETGEAR USB Control Center System Tools About R7000 Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Series Available S MASS STORAGE Connected Connect Disconnect Network Scanner 2 Select Tools gt Configuration N Control Center Configuration Basic V Automatically execute when logging on Windows Timeout 10 minute 1 600 M Play Audio Play audio to PC speaker Language a German m Swedish al French Dutch Italian 3 In the Language menu select a language 4 Click the OK button Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 14 ReadySHARE Printer 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 connection gt To specify the time out 1 Click th
8. status changes to Available Now any computers on the network can use the printer 6 To exit the utility select System gt Exit Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 9 ReadySHARE Printer View or Change the Status of a Printer gt To view or change the status 1 Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon ER N NETGEAR USB Control Center System Tools About lt R7000 2 Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Series Available MASS STORAGE Connected The Status column shows the status for each device e Available No print jobs are in progress You can use the USB printer from any computer in the network e Connected Your computer is connected to the printer and will be released when your print job is done e Manually Connected by Only the connected computer can use the printer e Waiting to Connect Your computer is not connected to the shared printer yet 2 To print from your computer when the printer 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 N Please reply to the request ore Wl Remote User request to connect device Remote User T s MacBook Air 192 168 1 3 Server A7000 Device Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Seri Note Click Accept will disconnect
9. the device right now Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 10 ReadySHARE Printer b On the other user s computer click the Accept button The printer is released from the connection and the printer status on your computer 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 gt To use the scan feature of a multifunction USB printer 1 Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon J N NETGEAR USB Control Center System Tools About R7000 a Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Series Available MASS STORAGE Connected 2 Make sure that the printer status shows as Available 3 Click the Network Scanner button Use NETGEAR USB Control Center 11 ReadySHARE Printer 4 Ifa Select a Device window displays select the scanner and click the OK button N Welcome to the Auto Connect Scanner lt gt Select a device Integrated Camera TWAIN PC camera Cancel Th
10. us of a Printer e Use the Scan Feature of a Multifunction USB Printer e Change NETGEAR USB Control Center Settings ReadySHARE Printer 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 gt To print a document using the NETGEAR USB Control Center 1 Click the NETGEAR USB Control Center icon KJ N NETGEAR USB Control Center System Tools About R7000 2 Printer Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Samsung ML 1710 Series Available MASS STORAGE Connected 2 Select a printer and 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 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 See View or Change the Status of a Printer on page 10 5 To release the printer so that all computers on the network can use it click the Disconnect button The
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