Apparatus, system, and method of processing printing operation on home network

A system for processing a printing function on a home network, the system comprising:

• a printing controller which transmits a printing request;
• a network printing device comprising a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program, wherein executing the program comprises judging whether the printing request is executable based on printing job information transmitted from the printing controller transmitting the printing request, setting a storage position of contents to be printed, providing the storage position of the contents to the printing controller transmitting the printing request if it is judged that the printing request is executable, and performing a printing job of the contents, the network printing device providing the storage position of the contents to the printing controller transmitting the printing request before performing the printing job;
• and
• a media storage device which is communicably linked to the network printing device and stores the contents,
• wherein the printing controller transmits the contents to the media storage device based on the storage position of the contents provided by the network printing device,
• wherein the network printing device receives the stored contents from the media storage device and performs the printing job of the received contents, and
• wherein the storage position is address information of the media storage device which stores the contents to be printed by the network printing device, and the media storage device is a different device from the network printing device.

A method of processing a printing function on a home network, the method comprising:

• receiving by a printing device, a printing request from a printing controller on the home network;
• determining by the printing device, whether the printing request is executable based on printing job information transmitted with the printing request;
• providing by the printing device, to the printing controller transmitting the printing request to the printing device, address information of the media storage device that stores contents to be printed by the printing device if it is determined that the printing request is executable;
• transmitting by the printing controller, the contents to the media storage device based on the provided address information of the media storage device;
• generating by the printing device, a printing list based on the printing job information and the address information of the media storage device;
• performing by the printing device, printing of the contents received from the media storage device based on the generated printing list,
• wherein the address information of the media storage device is provided to the printing controller transmitting the printing request to the printing device before the printing of the contents is performed, and
• wherein the media storage device is a different device from the printing device.