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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Kwang-seuk Kim, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Hyun-joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Kwang-seuk Kim, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Hyun-joon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A printer, a printing system, and a printing method of the printing system where the printer is provided with a keyboard function, and the printer is connected with a computer via a Universal Serial Bus and includes a key operation section provided with a plurality of keys. The printer further includes: a switching key to select a keyboard function and a printer function; a Universal Serial Bus module to transmit keyboard equipment information and printer equipment information to the computer according to the selection by the switching key; and a key control section to map the keys of the key operation section to those of the keyboard or the those of the printer according to the selection via the switching key. Accordingly, the invention makes printing convenient by directly issuing a command from the printer to the computer to perform a task as requested by a user.