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Problems printing to USB printer, airprint and Win 10 laptop
I've had Orbi running a couple weeks. A couple of days ago, I hooked up my old Samsung ML-1740 to the router USB port. Everything worked great. I could print from my Windows 10 laptop and had airp...
You have a tricky situation -- You want to connect a USB printer and you want Airprint to work via the Orbi printer utility. Does the Orbi even give Airprint capability to non-Airprint capable printers connected via USB? That may be why they're telling you it's an iPhone (iOS/Airprint) issue.
First, can you print to the USB-connected printer regularly by installing the ReadySHARE utility? Try reinstalling the software on your Mac or Windows printer and see if that works (by itself). https://kb.netgear.com/000044724/How-do-I-connect-a-USB-printer-to-my-Orbi-router
I can print from my Windows 10 laptop to my Samsung ML-1740 printer connected to the Orbi USB port. My real frustration is that I was able to Airprint from my iPhone to that same printer the prior day and couldn't the following day. I reset everything. I rebooted everything. Reinstalled everything and it still wouldn't work. I had it working once, so why not again?