Image forming apparatus and method of outputting
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorHaeng Nan KIM
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of printing encrypted PDF and XPS files through a direct printing scheme even if the image forming apparatus has no user interface or control panel, and a method of outputting document using the same. The method includes determining whether a document subject to a direct printing is an encrypted document; receiving a password from a host if the document is encrypted; comparing the password with a reference password of the document and determining whether the password matches the reference password; and performing a printing operation for the document according to the determination result if the document is encrypted.
Claims23
A method of outputting a document using an image forming apparatus having no user interface for inputting a password, the method comprising:
- receiving a document subject to a direct printing and determining whether the received document is encrypted;
- receiving a password from a host if the document is determined to be encrypted;
- comparing at the image forming apparatus the received password to a reference password of the document and determining whether the password matches the reference password;
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- performing a printing operation for the document according to the comparison of the received password and the reference password if the document is determined to be encrypted.
An image forming apparatus having no user interface for inputting a password, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit to print a received document;
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- a controller to receive the document subject to a direct printing, to determine whether the received document is an encrypted document, to receive a password from a host if the document is determined to be encrypted, to compare the received password with a reference password included in the document if the document is determined to be encrypted, and to control the printing unit to print the document when the password matches the reference password if the document is determined to be encrypted.
An image forming apparatus having no user interface for inputting a password and which supports a direct printing function, comprising:
- a controller to output a message relating to an input password to a host and to receive the input password from the host when an input document received from the host is determined to be encrypted, and to compare the received input password and a reference password at the image forming apparatus to determine if the input password and the reference password are the same;
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- a printing unit to output the input document if the input document is not encrypted and to output the input document determined to be encrypted if the controller determines the input password is the same as the reference password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.