Method of printing web page and apparatus therefor

A network printer which has a network interface unit accessing the Internet and a web browser obtaining, through the network interface unit, web page information corresponding to an input uniform resource locator (URL), the network printer comprising:

• a URL extractor to extract a URL hyperlinked to the printed web page from the obtained web page information;
• an image information converter to convert web page information obtained through the web browser into image information by parsing the web page information using a content parsing unit, providing the parsed web page information to a content layout unit, which lays out locations where the converted image data is to be printed;
• a print engine to print the image information as a printed web page;
• a URL region information obtaining unit to retrieve, from the image information, URL anchor print region information indicating a region on which a URL anchor corresponding to the extracted hyperlinked URL is located on the printed image information;
• a location information input unit through which location information is input,
• wherein the location information is input by a user using the location information input unit,
• wherein the location information input unit is a flat panel-type digitizer receiving thereon the printed web page and the location information is input via the flat panel-type digitizer, which is sensitive to touch, by selecting a location on the printed web page, and
• wherein the selection of the location on the printed web page is made by the user by touching printed web page on the flat panel-type digitizer using a finger or stylus;
• and
• a selector to compare location information input through the location information input unit with the URL anchor print region information, to select the extracted hyperlinked URL if the input location information matches the URL anchor print region information, and to retrieve hyperlinked web page information corresponding to the selected extracted hyperlinked URL via the web browser,
• wherein when more than one web page is printed, each printed web page is hyperlinked to all respective printed web pages and each web page is accessible at the network printer, thereby providing nested hyperlinked web page access at the network printer.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program to control a printer and comprising a process of:

• retrieving web page information corresponding to an input uniform resource locator (URL) through a network;
• extracting a URL hyperlinked to the retrieved web page information;
• converting the retrieved web page information into image information by parsing the web page information using a content parsing unit, providing the parsed web page information to a content layout unit, which lays out locations where the converted image data is to be printed and printing the image information as a printed web page;
• retrieving from the converted image information URL anchor print region information indicating a location in which a URL anchor corresponding to the extracted hyperlinked URL is printed on the printed image information;
• receiving input location information corresponding to the printed URL anchor on the printed image information via a location input unit,
• wherein the location information is input by a user using the location input unit,
• wherein the location information input unit is a flat panel-type digitizer receiving thereon the printed web page and the location information is input via the flat panel-type digitizer, which is sensitive to touch, by selecting a location on the printed web page, and
• wherein the selection of the location on the printed web page is made by the user by touching printed web page on the flat panel-type digitizer using a finger or stylus;
• comparing the input location information with the URL anchor print region information to select the extracted hyperlinked URL if the input location information matches the URL anchor print region information;
• and
• printing web page information corresponding to the selected extracted hyperlinked URL,
• wherein when more than one web page is printed, each printed web page is hyperlinked to all respective printed web pages and each web page is accessible at the printer, thereby providing nested hyperlinked web page access at the printer.