Image forming system, host device, image forming apparatus and image forming method using the same
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1. An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming apparatus having a radio frequency identification tag in which printer information is stored; and
a host device having a first radio frequency identification reader to read the printer information stored in the radio frequency identification tag and to monitor the image forming apparatus.
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Abstract
An image forming system including an image forming apparatus having a radio frequency identification tag in which printer information is stored, and a host device having a first radio frequency identification reader to read the printer information stored in the radio frequency identification tag and to monitor the image forming apparatus.
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1. An image forming system comprising:
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an image forming apparatus having a radio frequency identification tag in which printer information is stored; and
a host device having a first radio frequency identification reader to read the printer information stored in the radio frequency identification tag and to monitor the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating an image forming apparatus having a radio frequency identification tag in which printer information is stored, and a host device having a first radio frequency identification reader reading the radio frequency identification tag, the method comprising:
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inputting a command to monitor the image forming apparatus;
reading the radio frequency identification tag by the first frequency identification reader; and
monitoring the image forming apparatus based on the printer information which the first radio frequency identification reader reads. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A host device monitoring an image forming apparatus having a radio frequency identification tag in which printer information is stored, the device comprising:
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a first radio frequency identification reader to read the printer information stored in the radio frequency identification tag; and
a host controller to monitor the image forming apparatus based on the printer information read by the first radio frequency identification reader.
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18. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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a radio frequency identification tag;
a memory part to store printer information;
a second radio frequency identification reader to record the printer information in the radio frequency identification tag; and
a printer controller to detect a change in the printer information stored in the memory part to enable the second radio frequency identification reader to record the changed printer information in the radio frequency identification tag.
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19. An image forming method for use with at least one host device connected to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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inputting a monitoring command to monitor the image forming apparatus;
detecting changed printer information as compared with printer information stored in the image forming apparatus and recording the changed printer information in a radio frequency (RF) identification (ID) tag;
reading the printer information in the RFID tag in the host device; and
monitoring the image forming apparatus in the host device based on the read printer information. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An image forming method for use with at least one host device connected to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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detecting changed printer information as compared with printer information stored in the image forming apparatus and recording the changed printer information in a radio frequency (RF) identification (ID) tag;
inputting a monitoring command to monitor the image forming apparatus;
reading the printer information in the RFID tag in the host device; and
monitoring the image forming apparatus in the host device based on the read printer information.
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25. An image forming system, in which at least one host device is connected to an image forming apparatus, where printer information recorded in a memory of the image forming apparatus changes, a controller of the image forming apparatus enables a recording of the changed printer information in a radio frequency identification tag of the image forming apparatus, such that, when a monitoring order is inputted to the host device, a first radio frequency identification reader of the host device reads the changed printer information directly from the radio frequency identification tag.
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26. A host device to receive printer information from an image forming apparatus to monitor the image forming apparatus even where the image forming apparatus is turned off, where the image forming apparatus is busy performing a predetermined operation, where an interface part to connect the host device to the image forming apparatus does not operate normally, or where the host device cannot communicate information through the interface part to the image forming apparatus.
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