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Share a USB Printer
You can connect a USB printer to a USB port on the modem router
and print wirelessly.
¾ To set up ReadySHARE Printer:
1. Connect the USB printer to a USB port on the modem router
with a USB printer cable.
2. On each computer that will share the printer, do the following:
a. Install the current USB printer driver soware (available
from the printer manufacturer).
b. Download the NETGEAR USB Control Center utility from
www.netgear.com/readyshare and install it.
c. Select the language.
3. If prompted, select the printer and click the Connect button
for each computer.
When the first computer connects, the status changes to
Manually connected by <device name>, in which <device
name> is the device name of the computer.
For each computer, when you complete Step 3, the printer
status displays as Available.
