OK, I'm partially wrong again. Later on in the manual it does indeed talk about sharing printers. But it only works if you use their "Ready Share printer utility" package (which is printer-server-type software) on each computer. Have you done that?
If you have, and it still isn't working, I suggest just spending the $17 rather than fighting with it. The hardware based solution is known to work, doesn't require every computer in the world to be outfitted with funky Netgear software, and is router-independent. The software solution is a kludge, e.g., requiring you to click a button first every time you want to print to the printer, then unclick it later, or no one else can use that printer. > On Jul 8, 2018, at 2:41 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, that was my error. You typed "router," I read "printer." My objection > is invalid. > > The problem with your setup is that the USB port on your router is made > strictly for storage devices, not printers. > > Your printer is USB only, meaning that it doesn't have internal coding to > interpret network-style print traffic. If you want to run it over a network, > you need to attach it to something that simulates a local computer with > printer sharing. Your router doesn't provide this service, as it's not built > to host printers. The fact that the printer manages to "show up" as a > Bonjour device is simply an artifact of the implementation. You won't be > able to talk to it. > > If you need to make this work for physical-space reasons, you'll have to add > a box like this > <https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=5342&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuZKdl7uQ3AIVDcpkCh3DCAA-EAQYASABEgLt4vD_BwE> > that performs exactly this conversion — for $17, not an expensive solution. > > >> On Jul 8, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Macs R We <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >>> Printer is USB only. >>> >>> The router in question has a USB port, and support for network printing. It >>> exposes the printer to the network as Bonjour. >> >> Over what? The USB port? >> >> This makes no sense. It's like saying that my car is "aviation-capable" >> because it has an artificial horizon gauge, even though it lacks wings. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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