Readyshare Printer - NETGEAR WNDR4500 User Manual

ReadySHARE Printer

You can connect a USB printer to the router's USB port, and share it among Windows and
Mac computers on the network.

To set up ReadySHARE Printer:
1. Connect the USB printer to the router's USB port with a USB printer cable.
2. Install the USB printer driver software on each computer that will share the printer. If you do
not have the printer driver, contact the printer manufacturer to find and download the most
recent printer driver software.
3. On each computer that will share the printer, download the NETGEAR USB Control Center
utility. The NETGEAR USB utility has a Mac version and a Windows version, which you can
access in two different ways:
• From the ReadySHARE Printer area of this URL:
www.netgear.com/readyshare
• From the ReadySHARE tab of the Desktop NETGEAR genie. (See
NETGEAR genie
Note: You have to install this utility before you can use the ReadySHARE
Printer feature. For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this
utility has to be runing in the background.
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
on page 62).
ReadySHARE Printer
54
Desktop