Apparatus and method of changing printer driver, and printing system and method using the same

A printing system comprising:

• a host to store a plurality of printer drivers to correspond to a designated printer, to select one of the plurality of printer drivers that communicate with the designated printer, and to generate data that is used for printing in the designated printer using the printer driver according to printer identification information of the designated printer or a request for a change of a previous printer driver that is used to communicate with the designated printer to print the data.

A printing system comprising:

• a printer to store a plurality of printer emulators, to select one of the printer emulators corresponding to one of a plurality of printer drivers selected by a host to correspond to the printer, and to process and print data generated by the host.

A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing a method of changing a printer driver, the method comprising:

• selecting a printer driver corresponding to a printer from a plurality of printer drivers for the printer, and generating data for printing if identification information of the printer or a request for a change of the printer driver is received;
• and
• selecting a printer emulator corresponding to the selected printer driver from a plurality of printer emulators, and processing and printing the data for printing.