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Hint: ReadySHARE USB Printer MAC_V2.36: add "IP" printer works where "Standard" does not
In the hope this may be of relevance/help for macOS users: This note specifically is about getting an HP Deskjet F2480 USB printer connected to a R7800 Nighthawk X4 to work as network printer using ReadySHARE USB Printer MAC_V2.36 through setting the printer up as "IP" printer in the "Printers and Scanners" preferences pane (where adding it as standard printer would only lead to print jobs ending up stuck with a "Connection to printer established" message). My hope would for this to be of use for other printer/manufacturer (and/or router) models, too. Given the current unstable status of Desktop Genie (Version 2.4.22 crashes -- seemingly haphazardly? -- on macos Sierra), I resorted to ReadySHARE USB Printer MAC_V2.36, so as to at least achieve network printing -- if not AirPrint interoperability …-- for my legacy USB printer. The ReadySHARE USB Printer MAC software installed OK, and the "Printers and Scanners" preferences readily spotted the USB-printer connected to the router, allowing to define a new printer the standard way. However, jobs submitted to this printer would all end up stuck, with the PrinterProxy queue only reporting a "Connection to printer established." status message. In what as proven a working set-up, I defined the new printer (that is still connected to a USB port of the R7800 router) through the manual "Add Printer or Scanner…" option offered in the pop-up menu of the "+" sign in the "Printer and Scanner", and then choosing "IP" (rather than "Standard") printer; -- see the annotated screenshot, below -- apologies for the German (translation: "Hinzufügen" = add; "Warteliste" = print queue). I do of course remain available for any follow-up questions. PS: a request to the local sysadmins: I failed to identify a meaningful "Label" to mandatorily assign to this posting, and for lack of any good option resorted to specifying "Genie": Would you perhaps e.g. consider adding "ReadyShare USB" to the list of labels?
