Image forming apparatus and job performing method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae-hoi Do, Richard suk-yoon Woo, Sang-hyup Lee
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Abstract
A job performing method of an image forming apparatus which includes a touch screen making a handwriting input available, the method including displaying a handwriting input window in a part of an initial screen displayed on the touch screen and making a user's handwriting input available; inputting a handwriting by the user in the displayed handwriting input window; comparing the input handwriting with a prestored job; and performing the prestored job by the image forming apparatus according to the comparison result. With this, the image forming apparatus provides the shortcut of a function frequently used by a user in an initial screen and enables a user to easily select and perform a particular function or a job.
Claims17
A job performing method of an image forming apparatus which comprises a touch screen making a handwriting input available, the method comprising:
- displaying a handwriting input window in a part of an initial screen displayed on the touch screen and making a user's handwriting input available;
- inputting a handwriting by the user in the displayed handwriting input window;
- comparing the input handwriting with a prestored job;
- performing the prestored job by the image forming apparatus according to the comparison result;
- setting an option for a predetermined job of the image forming apparatus;
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- selecting whether to register a shortcut corresponding to the handwriting input with respect to a job for which the option is set.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a display unit which displays a handwriting input window making a user's handwriting input available in a part of an initial screen of the image forming apparatus;
- a user operation unit which comprises a touch screen to receive a handwriting input with respect to the displayed handwriting input window;
- a storage unit which stores therein a job corresponding to the handwriting input;
- a job performing unit which performs a job for a predetermined function of the image forming apparatus;
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- a controller which compares the handwriting input received through the touch screen with a job prestored in the storage unit, and controls the job performing unit to perform a corresponding job according to the comparison result,
- wherein the user operation unit sets an option for a predetermined job of the image forming apparatus and selects whether to register a shortcut of the job for which the option is set, corresponding to the handwriting input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.