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usb printer setup without readyshare.
Okay So my parents' router was recently fried in a bout of terrible storms. I used to swear by netgear, and nighthawks, so because Asus' customer service was really (word that rhymes with kitty but s...
CravingphoeniX wrote:
Is there any way to install a usb printer without the stupid usb shareware
Forgive me if I have missed something important in the rest of your message, which doesn't seem to be about getting your printer to work, but can you explain what you mean by "stupid usb shareware"?
Shareware?
Getting a USB printer to work is a one-off process that inevitable requires installing drivers for the printer on every PC that plans to use that printer.
It is the nature of the beast. No drivers=no work.
At least, that's with the printers I have used. Maybe your unnamed printer uses some other magic process to work.
Of course, we don't know how you expect to talk to this printer, so this is all guesswork. I assume that the printer is plugged into the R7000. But then there is the "wifi versus network" question. Both are possible.
If you mean the "NETGEAR USB Control Center utility", it is mostly there to manage other features like shared USB storage, but if you do need it for your printer, a PC that can't handle a 4 MB program may have a hard time doing anything.
michaelkenward I just wanted to confirm so I have a complete picture: are you always such a total d-bag?