Image forming method, image forming apparatus, and host

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program to execute a network image forming method of an image forming system, the method comprising:

• determining if a disorder is generated in a network set to perform an operation among networks between an image forming apparatus including at least two network interfaces and a host;
• if the disorder is generated in the set network, copying a host information of the host included in a disordered network interface to a non-disordered network interface of the image forming apparatus;
• and
• transmitting event information representing generation of the disorder and a network address of the non-disordered network interface to the host via the non-disordered network interface by using the copied host information to update the host with the transmitted network address.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of network interfaces to be networked with a host;
• a disorder generation determining unit to determine if a disorder is generated in a network interface set to perform an operation among the network interfaces;
• and
• a control unit to control the image forming apparatus to be networked with the host via a non-disordered network interface of the image forming apparatus according to a result of the determination performed by the disorder generation determining unit,
• wherein the control unit copies a host information of the host included in a disordered network interface into the non-disordered network interface and transmits event information representing generation of the disorder and a network address of the non-disordered network interface to the host via the non-disordered network interface by using the copied host information.

A host that forms a network with an image forming apparatus comprising at least two network interfaces, the host comprising:

• a host interface to receive a network address of a non-disordered network interface of the image forming apparatus via a non-disordered network interface;
• and
• an updating unit to update an address for networking with the image forming apparatus with the received network address,
• wherein a host information of the host is copied to the non-disordered network interface from the disordered network interface, and the network address of the non-disordered network interface is transmitted to the host via the non-disordered network interface by using the copied host information.

An image forming apparatus usable with a host, comprising:

• a plurality of network interfaces to connect the image forming apparatus to the host;
• and
• a controller to detect a disorder of a first network interface of the image forming apparatus through which the image forming apparatus and the host are networked and to reroute the networked image forming apparatus and the host via a second network interface of the image forming apparatus, if the disorder is detected in the first network interface,
• wherein the controller copies a host information of the host included in the first network interface to the second network interface and transmits event information regarding the disorder and a network address of the second network interface to the host via the second network interface by using the copied host information, if the disorder is detected in the first network interface.