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AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun-wook Park
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An apparatus and a method are provided for printing data through a network communication between a printer network card and a client device having a server message block (SMB) protocol for sharing a file and a printer and a transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) protocol to establish the network communication. The method comprises analyzing a type of data packet received from the client device, determining if the data packet can be continuously received from the client device or the receipt of the data packet should be suspended based on a result of the analysis, and requesting the TCP/IP protocol to restrict the receipt of the data packet when it is required to suspend the receipt of the data packet as a result of the determination, and transmitting a receipt restriction signal to the client device by using the TCP/IP protocol.
A method of printing data through a network communication between a printer network card and a client device having a server message block (SMB) protocol for sharing a file and a printer and a transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) protocol to establish the network communication, the method comprising:
An apparatus for printing data received from a client device in a network environment, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.