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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Tae-kyung Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Jung-soo Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung-joon Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A print control method of a host apparatus which is connected to at least one image forming apparatus in a network, the method including receiving changed IP information from the at least one image forming apparatus; determining whether the host apparatus performs a print job with respect to the image forming apparatus which has the changed IP information; holding the print job if there is the print job; changing a print option for the print job; and transmitting print data corresponding to the print job according to the changed print option. With this, the apparatus and the method may normally perform a print job by changing a port of an image forming apparatus and prevent data loss due to a failure to change the port normally even if there is a print job for an image forming apparatus whose IP address is changed.