IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, AND CONNECTING METHODS THEREOF
First Claim
1. A method of connecting a host device to an image forming device, the method comprising:
- when the image forming device is connected to the host device through a wired interface, installing a driver program to execute a wireless connection setting program;
determining an internet protocol (IP) setting method of the image forming device according to an IP setting method of the host device;
copying network setup information of the host device and transmitting the copied network setup information to the image forming device through the wired interface; and
when the image forming device sets an IP address thereof according to the determined IP setting method and transmits the IP address to the host device through the wired interface, establishing a wireless connection setting using the transmitted IP address.
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Abstract
An image forming device, a host device, and connecting methods thereof are provided. The method includes that when the image forming device is connected to the host device through a wired interface, installing a driver program to execute a wireless connection setting program, determining an internet protocol (IP) setting method of the image forming device according to an IP setting method of the host device, copying network setup information of the host device and transmitting the copied network setup information to the image forming device through the wired interface, and when the image forming device sets an IP address thereof according to the determined IP setting method and transmits the IP address to the host device through the wired interface, establishing a wireless connection setting using the transmitted IP address.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of connecting a host device to an image forming device, the method comprising:
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when the image forming device is connected to the host device through a wired interface, installing a driver program to execute a wireless connection setting program; determining an internet protocol (IP) setting method of the image forming device according to an IP setting method of the host device; copying network setup information of the host device and transmitting the copied network setup information to the image forming device through the wired interface; and when the image forming device sets an IP address thereof according to the determined IP setting method and transmits the IP address to the host device through the wired interface, establishing a wireless connection setting using the transmitted IP address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of connecting an image forming device to a host device, the method comprising:
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copying and receiving network setup information from the host device connected to the image forming device through a wired interface; accessing a wireless network according to the received network setup information; determining an internet protocol (IP) address according to an IP setting method of the host device; and transmitting the determined IP address to the host device through the wired interface to automatically set a port using the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A host device which is wirelessly connected to an image forming device, comprising:
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a wireless communicator to be connected to a wireless network according to pre-set network setup information; a wired communicator to be connected to the image forming device through a wired interface; and a controller to determine an internet protocol (IP) setting method of the image forming device according to an IP setting method of the host device, copy the network setup information, and transmit the copied network setup information to the image forming device through the wired communicator, when a wireless connection setting program is executed when the image forming device is connected to the wired communicator, wherein when the image forming device sets an IP address according to the determined IP setting method and transmits the IP address to the host device through the wired interface, the controller is wirelessly connected to the image forming device using the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An image forming device, comprising:
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a wired interface unit to copy and receive network setup information from a host device connected to the image forming device through a wired interface; a wireless interface unit to access a wireless network according to the network setup information; and a controller to determine an internet protocol (IP) address according to an IP setting method of the host device, transmit the determined IP address to the host device through the wired interface, and automatically set a port using the IP address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of connecting a host device to an image forming device, where both the host device and image forming device include a wired interface and a wireless interface, the method comprising:
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when the image forming device is connected to the host device through the wired interface, and the host device is operating in an automatic connection mode, transmitting a copy of the network setup information of the host device to the image forming device through the wired interface; determining an internet protocol (IP) of the host device and transmitting network setup information to the image forming device; receiving the IP address of the image forming device with the host device through the wired interface; and establishing wireless communication between the host device and the image forming apparatus using the received IP address.
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