Netgear WNDR4500 Quick Start Manual

WNDR4500 User Guide

A Guide for Using

• ReadySHARE Printer

• ReadySHARE Access

• Desktop NETGEAR Genie

• Time Machine

with your WNDR4500 Router

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ReadySHARE Printer

ReadySHARE Printer lets you connect a USB printer to the router’s
USB port, and access it wirelessly.

To set up ReadySHARE Printer:

Step 1: Connect the USB printer to the router’s USB port with a

USB printer cable.

Step 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.

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Step 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.

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NOTE:

• You must install this utility before you can use the

ReadySHARE Printer feature.

• For the ReadySHARE Printer feature to work, this utility must

be run in the background.

Step 4: Follow the instructions to install the NETGEAR USB

Control Center utility.

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