Apparatus and method to retrieve print options from print file more particularly, to add the retrieved print options as bookmarks

A method of retrieving print options in an image forming system, the method comprising:

• converting a document to print and one or more print options set for the document to print, into a print file recognizable at an image forming apparatus;
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• retrieving the print options from the print file, such that a print option setting menu is generated to display a bookmark list to correspond to the print options.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium to contain computer-readable codes as a program to execute a method of retrieving print options in an image forming system, the method comprising:

• converting a document to print and one or more print options set for the document to print, into a print file recognizable at an image forming apparatus;
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• retrieving the print options from the print file, such that a print option setting menu is generated to display a bookmark list to correspond to the print options.

A computer-implemented image forming system apparatus configured to execute functional units to retrieve print options, comprising:

• a control unit to generate a bookmark list including one or more bookmarks each corresponding to a print file containing a document to print and a set of one or more print options selected by a user;
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• a GUI generating unit to generate a window including the bookmark list to be displayed, such that a print option setting menu is generated to display the bookmark list to correspond to the set of print options.

A method of an image forming system, the method comprising:

• converting a document to print, and a set of one or more print options selected for the document to print, into a print file recognizable at an image forming apparatus;
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• generating a bookmark list including one or more bookmarks, and retrieving the set of print options from the respective bookmarks, so that the document and the retrieved set of the print options associated with the document are converted into the print file, such that a print option setting menu is generated to display the bookmark list to correspond to the set of print options.