Image forming apparatus, host apparatus, and print method thereof

摘要

Disclosed are an image forming apparatus, a host apparatus, and a print method thereof. A method includes receiving a one touch print command from a print button provided in the image forming apparatus to print an image of at least one monitor among a plurality of monitors of a host apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus. With this configuration, high quality output products may be provided without any image distortion due to a difference in resolution upon receiving a one touch print command in the multi monitor environment.

主权项

1. A print method of a system comprising a host apparatus and an image forming apparatus, the host apparatus comprising a plurality of separate stand-alone monitors, the print method comprising:
setting an option of a one touch print function to print image corresponding to a screen of one of the plurality of monitors in one page or to print a plurality of images corresponding to screens of all of the plurality of monitors in one or more pages based on the option to be identical as seen in the monitor; receiving a one touch print command by manipulating a one touch print button provided in the image forming apparatus, the one touch print command comprising a command to store at least one image of at least one monitor screen corresponding to the set option; generating at least one image buffer in a memory of the host apparatus to store therein image data corresponding to the screen of the at least one monitor according to the set option in response to receiving the one touch print command from the image forming apparatus; storing, in response to the received one touch print command, image data of the at least one monitor screen in at least one generated image buffer, one image buffer of the at least one image buffers storing image data of a single monitor screen; generating print data at the host apparatus by processing the stored image data corresponding to the option; printing the print data by the image forming apparatus.