Image forming apparatus having various setup parameters being used by a mobile terminal carried by a user and method for controlling the same

摘要

An image forming apparatus and method are provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a recording medium, a communication unit to receive setup information related to an image forming operation from a mobile terminal, a storage unit to store data related to the image forming operation; and a controller to determine a user authority on the basis of identifier (ID) information of the mobile terminal and to store at least some parts from among the received setup information in the storage unit according to the determined user authority. The image forming apparatus receives setup information stored in the user's mobile terminal through a near field communication (NFC) scheme, such that the user can easily and quickly change setup information of the image forming apparatus.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a storage unit to include a first storage region storing first setup information and a second storage region storing second setup information; a communication unit to receive setup information and identifier (ID) information from a mobile terminal; and a controller to change at least one of the stored first setup information and the stored second setup information according to the received setup information when a user class is determined as a first class, and to change the stored second setup information according to the received setup information when the user class is determined as a second class, the user class determined on a basis of the ID information of the mobile terminal, wherein the first setup information includes at least one of date information, time information, and country information, and the second setup information includes at least one of display language information, recording-medium type information, recording-medium size information, image quality information, and image tone.