Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

S-printing Solution Co., Ltd.

Hp Printing Korea Co., Ltd.

In-chang Park

Hyung-jong Kang

Jeong-hun Kim

Mi-sook Song

Gi-won Seo

Hee-chul Jung

Joo-young Jung

Yong-in Eom

Bo-yeon Kim

Hoe-go Kim

Hwan-jun Kim

A method of using a cloud print service includes registering a virtual printer with a server, designating the virtual printer as an output device and transmitting a content file to the server, monitoring the virtual printer and acquiring print data generated by converting the content file from the server, and requesting printing while transmitting the print data to a local printer.

Method and device for using cloud print service

A user terminal device is provided. The user terminal device includes a storage configured to store a plurality of applications, a memory configured to copy the plurality of applications stored in the storage, a controller configured to, in response to a source application and a target application being selected from a plurality of applications copied into the memory and a data share function being selected, convert data of the source application into a serialized stream and provide the serialized stream to the target application. Therefore, data is efficiently shared between applications.

User terminal device for supporting data share function and methods thereof

A method of inserting an image into an electronic document, the method including receiving setting information and identification information regarding the image; determining whether the image included in image data corresponds to the identification information by using a result of analysis of the image data; and according to a result of the determination, inserting the image corresponding to the identification information into a position of the electronic document, according to the setting information.

Method and apparatus for inserting image into electronic document

A host device includes a communication interface unit to receive status information from an image forming apparatus, an error processing unit to control the communication interface unit to transmit error information including the status information to the management server if it is determined that the image forming apparatus has an error according to the received status information, and a user interface unit to display a video manual if a URL address providing a video manual to solve an error of the image forming apparatus is received from the management server.

Host device, management server, and method of solving error of image forming appartus

A user terminal apparatus is provided, which connects to an image forming apparatus, which is driven by an operating system (O/S, and which includes a storage to store the image forming apparatus and a metro application to perform a job. A display displays a background screen of the including a user interface (UI) area corresponding to a job option, a controller implements the metro application, if the UI area is selected, and a communication interface transmits a command to perform the job to the image forming apparatus according to the job option corresponding to the UI area, by using the metro application.

User terminal apparatus and method of control thereof

A print control apparatus connectable to an image forming apparatus includes a printing data generating unit that generates printing data and spools the printing data to the image forming apparatus; a communication unit that receives status information of the image forming apparatus; and a control unit that controls the communication unit to receive status information about a work of the image forming apparatus even after spooling of the printing data generating unit is completed.

Print control apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method of controlling for spooling printing data and handling status information about a work of the image forming apparatus throughout printing process

A user terminal apparatus to connect to an image forming apparatus and which is driven by an operating system (O/S), and which includes a storage to store a metro application to provide a user interface window including status information of the image forming apparatus and a V4 driver to communicate with the image forming apparatus, a communicating interface to receive a first status message and address information of the image forming apparatus by using the V4 driver, a controller to control the communicating interface to request a second status message that is more detailed than a first status message to the image forming apparatus by using the metro application and the address information, and a display to display at least one of the first status message and the second status message on a user interface window provided by the metro application.

User terminal apparatus and method of controlling thereof

An information management method of a host apparatus which is connected to at least one image forming apparatus includes executing an integrated administration program which is installed in the host apparatus and integrally manages at least one application, receiving device information of at least one image forming apparatus, storing the received device information of the image forming apparatus, executing one of applications which are managed by the integrated administration program, loading the stored device information corresponding to the executed application; and performing a function of the application by using the loaded device information. With this, the method efficiently uses a storage space and improve user's convenience.

Host apparatus connected to image forming apparatus and information management method thereof

Disclosed are a host apparatus which is connected to an image forming apparatus and a compatible function information providing method thereof. The method includes: executing the integrated administration program of the host apparatus; receiving function information on at least one image forming apparatus; storing the received function information on the image forming apparatus; determining whether the function corresponding to the stored function information on the image forming apparatus is compatible with the integrated administration program or a sub application program within the integrated administration program; and separately displaying the integrated administration program or the sub application program corresponding to a determination result.

Host apparatus connected to image forming apparatus and compatible function information providing method

A print controlling device is provided. The present print controlling device includes a storage unit to store information regarding software or firmware installed in an image forming apparatus, a search unit to search and identify whether there is firmware version newer than or later than that installed in the image forming apparatus using the stored firmware information, a determination unit to determine whether the searched or identified firmware of the newer or latest version is compatible with an application program installed in the print controlling device using compatibility information when firmware of the newer or latest version is identified, an interface unit to request and receive firmware of the newer or latest version from a firmware providing server according to the determination result, and an upgrade unit to upgrade the firmware of the image forming apparatus using the received firmware of the newer or latest version.

Print controlling device, image forming system and method for upgrading

An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing part that performs an image processing operation for print data having at least one field; and a controller that controls the image processing part to output the print data with a print form corresponding to a condition if the field of the print data satisfies the condition.

Determining a form with which print data is outputted, according to conditions on fields of the print data

A network scan system includes a network scanner accessible by a computer and capable of communicating with the computer through a firewall. A method of operating the network scan system includes installing a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server module into the computer, transmitting a uniform resource locator (URL) of the computer to the network scanner using the HTTP server module, and transmitting scanned data to the computer from the network scanner using the transmitted URL. Accordingly, it is possible to exchange data between the network scanner and the computer using the HTTP server module installed into the computer even if a firewall is installed.

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