Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Joo-duck Kim

Sung-won Chae

Yong-in Eom

Myoung-sim Kim

A thumbnail display method is provided, which includes receiving a selection of an XML paper specification (XPS) file, receiving a preview command for the selected XPS file, analyzing a structure of the XPS file, and displaying thumbnail information regarding a plurality of thumbnails contained in the XPS file according to the analyzed structure. Therefore, it is possible for a user to preview various thumbnails contained in an XPS file.

Thumbnail display method and image forming apparatus

A printing control apparatus is provided. The printing control apparatus includes a user interface to set a printing option for a document to be printed, an extraction unit to determine whether the set printing option is a printing option for pre-processing, a generation unit to generate a setting file corresponding to the pre-processing printing option if the printing option is the pre-processing printing option, a conversion unit to convert an XPS file into an enhanced XPS file that includes the generated setting file, and a controller to transmit the enhanced XPS file to the image forming apparatus.

Printing control apparatus, image forming apparatus, and printing control method of analyzing printing option for pre-processing in an XPS file

A method and apparatus to generate XHTML-Print data including: generating XHTML-Print extension data corresponding to an adornment image and an insertion image desired to be printed; and generating XHTML-Print printing data by adding the generated XHTML-Print extension data to XHTML-Print basic data prepared in advance.

Method and apparatus to generate XHTML contents

A printing system and a printing method providing a menu to change printing options to conserve developer. The printing method includes determining whether a developer is deficient by checking the status of the developer when a print command is input; setting new printing options upon determining the deficiency of the developer; and generating and printing an image according to the newly set printing options. Accordingly, it is possible to print more pages using the same amount of developer. Based on the menu to change the printing options, the user can select to change the resolution, the scale of the print, and the N-up, to conserve the developer.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Joo-duck Kim