Data transmission apparatus, image forming apparatus and methods thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyung-jae YOO, Hoe-go Kim
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Abstract
A data transmission apparatus includes a user interface part to set a reference domain in data displayed on a screen; a data generator to convert the data into print data if a print command for the data is input, and to generate transmission data by adding reference domain information regarding the set reference domain to the converted print data; and an interface part to transmit the generated transmission data to an image forming apparatus. Therefore, a user can more conveniently print the reference documents contained in a document, such as a thesis or a publication, by only setting the reference domain, without separate operations.
Claims19
A data transmission apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a user interface part to set a reference domain in data displayed on a screen;
- a data generator to convert the data into print data if a print command for the data is input, and to generate transmission data by adding reference domain information regarding the set reference domain to the converted print data;
- and
- an interface part to transmit the generated transmission data to the image forming apparatus.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a display part;
- an input part;
- an interface part to receive transmission data including reference domain information;
- and
- a controller to access a server using server information contained in the reference domain information and download a reference document corresponding to the reference domain information, if the reference domain information is detected in the received transmission data,
- wherein, if the reference domain information is detected, the controller controls the display part to display the reference domain information on a screen, and if a print command for the displayed reference domain information is input through the input part, the controller accesses the server to download the reference document corresponding to the reference domain information.
A data transmission method of a data transmission apparatus, comprising:
- setting a reference domain in data displayed on a screen;
- receiving a print command for the data;
- converting the data into print data and generating transmission data by adding reference domain information regarding the set reference domain to the converted print data;
- and
- transmitting the generated transmission data to an image forming apparatus.
An image forming method of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- receiving transmission data including reference domain information;
- accessing the server using the reference domain information contained in the received transmission data;
- downloading a reference document corresponding to the reference domain information from the server;
- and
- printing the downloaded reference document,
- wherein the accessing comprises:
- displaying the reference domain information on the screen;
- receiving a print command for the displayed reference domain information;
- and
- accessing the server using server information contained in the reference domain information if the print command is input.
A data communication system, comprising:
- a data transmission device to set a reference domain in data displayed on a screen, to convert the data into print data if a print command for the data is input, and to generate transmission data by adding reference domain information regarding the set reference domain to the converted print data, and to transmit the generated transmission data to the image forming apparatus;
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- an image forming apparatus to receive transmission data including the reference domain information from the data transmission device, and to access a server using server information contained in the reference domain information and download a reference document corresponding to the reference domain information, if the reference domain information is detected in the received transmission data.
A data communication method comprising:
- setting a reference domain in data displayed on a screen;
- receiving a print command for the data;
- converting the data into print data and generating transmission data by adding reference domain information regarding the set reference domain to the converted print data;
- transmitting the transmission data including reference domain information to an image forming apparatus;
- accessing a server using the reference domain information contained in the received transmission data at the image forming apparatus;
- downloading a reference document corresponding to the reference domain information from the server;
- and
- printing the downloaded reference document at the image forming apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.