Abstract:
A near field communication (NFC) operating mode of an image forming apparatus may be set by determining a type of a job to be performed in the image forming apparatus via NFC tagging of a mobile device, determining a first NFC operating mode corresponding to the determined type of the job from among a plurality of NFC operating modes supported by an NFC module, setting the determined first NFC operating mode as an operating state of the NFC module, and performing the job by tagging the mobile device via NFC by using the set first NFC operating mode.
Abstract:
A cloud printing method using a image forming apparatus includes selecting content for printing in a mobile terminal and connecting a location storage server and receiving location information of image forming apparatuses via the mobile terminal. The method also included displaying locations of the image forming apparatuses on a screen of the mobile terminal, based on the received location information and transmitting the content to a cloud server via the mobile terminal. The method further includes near field communication tagging the mobile terminal to a selected one of the image forming apparatuses and receiving the content from the cloud server and printing the content, via the selected one of the image forming apparatuses with respect to which the near field communication tagging is performed.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus for authenticating a near field communication (NFC) device, which receives information about an application being executed on an NFC device when the NFC device is tagged, determines an authentication method based on the received information, receives and authenticates a log in information corresponding to the determined authentication method from the NFC device, and allows the use of the image forming apparatus based on a result of authentication.
Abstract:
Provided is an image forming system operable to provide a cloud printing service, the image forming system comprising: a transmitting device operable to transmit content by designating a target phone number; a cloud printing server operable to receive the target phone number and the content from the transmitting device; a receiving device assigned with the target phone number and operable to receive an upload notification of the content with respect to the target phone number from the cloud printing server; and an image forming device operable to print the content by receiving the content from the cloud printing server, wherein the cloud printing server transmits the content to the image forming device registered in the target phone number when the cloud printing service is requested for the content to the target phone number.