METHOD AND APPARATUS PRINTING BY BROADCASTING USING A NETWORK

摘要

A method and apparatus for broadcast printing via a network are provided. The method and apparatus comprise managing an address list of the clients; determining whether the broadcast printing of data for printing is required; generating a packet including addresses of the clients included in the list if the broadcast printing of the data is determined to be required; transmitting the data to the clients by using the generated packet; and respectively instructing the clients to print the data. Accordingly, since the broadcast printing does not use a group managing protocol, operations for group management and for setting data transmission routes are not required. Moreover, overloads due to data transmission in the network are prevented and data is quickly transmitted.