Image forming apparatus, host apparatus, and method for printing out web page therewith

摘要

An image forming apparatus capable of printing out a web page displayed on an host apparatus. An image forming apparatus includes a sheet-supplying cassette to store a printable medium thereon, an input key to input a command for printing out the web page, an interface to transmit the command for printing out the web page to the host apparatus, and receive print data converted to fit onto the printable medium stored on the sheet-supplying cassette from the host apparatus if the input key is selected, and an image forming unit to print out the received print data on the printable medium. Therefore, a user can conveniently prints the web page.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus capable of printing out a web page displayed on a host apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an input key to input a command to print out the web page; an interface to transmit the command to the host apparatus and to receive print data of a screen of the web page captured and adjusted to fit onto a printable medium by the host apparatus; and an image forming unit to print the received print data on the printable medium; wherein the interface transmits at least one of device information corresponding to the image forming apparatus and information regarding the size of a printable medium together with the command to print out the web page; wherein if multiple web pages are displayed on the host apparatus, a user is provided with an option as to which of the web pages are to be captured and printed.