KR100943743B1 - Methods for providing data for printing operation, printing method, and apparatus for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a data providing method for a print job, a printing method, and an apparatus therefor.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a data providing method for a print job includes instructing a printing apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to print at least one image data and text together, hyperlink information of the image data and the text. Transmitting a first markup document including the first markup document to the printing apparatus; and receiving an image data request using hyperlink information of the image data from the printing apparatus receiving and parsing the first markup document. Transmitting data to the printing apparatus.

Direct Printing, PTP, Image, Text

Description

Methods for providing data for printing operation, printing method, and apparatus for the same}

1 is a block diagram illustrating a photographing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a document written in markup language of a printing form of multimedia data including an image and text according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a style sheet for layout of an image and text to be printed.

4 is a block diagram showing a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a communication process between a photographing apparatus and a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating function information transmitted by a printing apparatus in a script form according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a script form of a print job command JOBSTART according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart showing an example in which the printing apparatus 200 realizes a communication procedure for acquiring a markup document from the photographing apparatus 100 using the PTP architecture.

9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a photographing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

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110, 210: display unit 120, 220: user interface unit

130: printing unit 140, 240: control unit

150: printing device interface unit 160: encoding unit

170, 270: storage 230: recording unit

250: recording device interface unit 260: decoding unit

The present invention relates to a printing method and apparatus, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus capable of printing multimedia data including images and text.

Background Art In recent years, the spread of digital photographing apparatuses (hereinafter referred to as photographing apparatuses) capable of capturing images and converting them into digital image data with a simple operation, such as digital cameras and mobile phones incorporating digital camera functions, has been spreading. Accordingly, a technology for printing an image composed of digital image data has also been developed.

In general, in order to print an image composed of digital image data, first, the digital image data photographed by the photographing apparatus is transmitted to a print relay device (for example, a personal computer). The print relay device receiving the digital image data performs a series of image processing operations for printing an image, such as the layout and resolution of an image to be printed, according to a user's request. Accordingly, the printing apparatus receives the image information and the printing conditions processed by the printing relay and proceeds with printing.

Recently, however, a technology (hereinafter referred to as direct printing) has been developed that enables a direct printing operation between a photographing apparatus and a printing apparatus without using a printing relay apparatus such as a personal computer. Accordingly, the user can directly print an image stored in the photographing apparatus through the printing apparatus by directly connecting the photographing apparatus and the printing apparatus through a predetermined interface (for example, Universal Serial Bus (USB)).

This conventional direct printing technique includes only the contents related to image transmission and printing between the image photographing apparatus and the printing apparatus. However, according to various needs of users, a direct printing technology capable of printing multimedia data including images and texts as well as image papers has been required.

An object of the present invention is to enable printing of multimedia data including text and images during direct printing.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects which are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, a data providing method for a print job according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of instructing a printing device connected through a predetermined interface to print at least one image data and text together, the image data Transmitting a first markup document including hyperlink information of the text and the text to the printing apparatus, and an image using the hyperlink information of the image data from the printing apparatus receiving and parsing the first markup document. And transmitting the image data to the printing apparatus when a data request is received.

In order to achieve the above object, a printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is instructed to print at least one image data and text together from an image supply device connected through a predetermined interface, hyperlink information of the image data Receiving a first markup document including the text from the image supply device, requesting image data indicated by hyperlink information of the image data as a result of parsing the first markup document, and the request And printing the image data received from the image supply device together with the text.

In order to achieve the above object, an image supply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is an interface unit for connecting to a printing apparatus through a predetermined interface to transmit and receive data, hyperlink information of at least one image data to be printed, and the image An encoding unit for generating a first markup document including text to be printed with data, and an instructing of the printing device to print the image data and the text together through the interface unit, upon request of the printing device; And a controller configured to control transmission of the markup document and the image data generated as a result of the composing.

In order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is an interface unit for transmitting and receiving data by connecting to the image supply apparatus through a predetermined interface, received an instruction to print the image data and the text together from the image supply apparatus A decoding unit for parsing a first markup document received from the image supply device and including the image data and the text, and image data indicated by hyperlink information of the image data set in the first markup document. And a printing unit for printing the image data received from the image supply device together with the text in response to the request.

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and the drawings.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various different forms, and only the embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and the general knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs. It is provided to fully inform the person having the scope of the invention, the invention is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the present invention, the image supply device is a device capable of performing a direct printing operation by directly connecting to a printing apparatus through a predetermined interface and transmitting an image and text to be printed to the printing apparatus. Therefore, not only the photographing device but also image storage devices capable of storing image data such as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) or mobile phones can also function as image supply devices.

In the following embodiments, the present invention will be described by means of a photographing apparatus as an example of an image supply apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other types of image supply apparatuses may perform direct printing operations according to the present invention. Can be.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a photographing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The illustrated photographing apparatus 100 includes a display unit 110 displaying various photographing situations and printing situations, a user interface unit 120 used to control a photographing apparatus 100, and a digital image by capturing surrounding images. A photographing unit 130 generating data, a controller 140 controlling the operation of each functional block constituting the photographing apparatus 100, and a printing apparatus interface unit connecting the photographing apparatus 100 to the printing apparatus 200 ( 150, an encoding unit for composing a printing form of the multimedia data into a predetermined markup language, and a storage unit 170 for storing image data, a composed markup document, and the like.

The display 110 displays a photographing situation of the photographing apparatus 100, a photographed image, text input to an image by a user, and the like. In addition, when the photographing apparatus 100 is connected to the printing apparatus 200 to perform a direct printing operation, the display 110 displays a printing condition, a printing progress process, and the like. Therefore, the user may check the image, text, and direct printing process to be printed through the display 110.

The user interface 120 provides a means for the user to control the photographing apparatus 100. In more detail, the user interface 120 may be configured as a keypad or a touch screen. Accordingly, the user may control the photographing apparatus 100 through the user interface 120 to perform various photographing tasks. Meanwhile, the user may input a desired text into an image captured by the photographing unit 130 or stored in the storage unit 170 through the user interface 120. In addition, when the photographing apparatus 100 is connected to the printing apparatus 200 to perform a direct printing operation, the user may control the printing process such as setting printing conditions or selecting an image to be printed through the user interface 120. Can be.

The photographing unit 130 photographs the surrounding image under the control of the user, and converts the photographed image into digital image data. The digital image data is stored in the storage unit 170, and an image composed of the digital image data may be displayed through the display unit 110 according to a user's request.

The controller 140 controls the operation of each functional block constituting the photographing apparatus 100. In addition, the controller 140 may generate and output various commands or interpret commands received from the printing apparatus 200 so that the photographing apparatus 100 may perform a direct printing operation. Various commands processed by the controller 140 when performing the direct printing operation will be described later with reference to FIGS. 5 through 8.

The printing apparatus interface unit 150 transmits various commands or data output from the control unit 140 to the printing apparatus 200 or receives commands or data transmitted from the printing apparatus 200. The printing apparatus interface unit 150 may be connected to a wired interface such as USB, IEEE1394, or a wireless interface such as Bluetooth, and thus the photographing apparatus 100 may be connected to the printing apparatus 200.

For example, when the photographing apparatus 100 is connected to the printing apparatus 200 by connecting to the USB cable through the printing apparatus interface unit 150, the photographing apparatus 100 becomes a client of the USB and the printing apparatus 200 is connected to the USB apparatus. Become a host. Therefore, the control unit 140 of the photographing apparatus 100 functions as a storage server and a printer client for direct printing.

When the user controls to print the image and the text together in the direct printing operation, the encoding unit 160 composes the hyperlink information and the text of the image in a predetermined markup language. do. An example of a markup document composed by the encoder 160 is illustrated in FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a document written in XHTML, one of markup languages, in a form of printing multimedia data including an image and text according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the example shown, the image to be printed with the text indicates that it can be obtained by hyperlink information called ryuri.jpg and Frame_4x3.png. In this case, the hyperlink information of the image may be set as identification information used in an image or data exchange protocol between the photographing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus 200. For example, if an image or data exchange between the photographing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus 200 is performed by PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol for Digital Still Photography Devices, PIMA 15740: 2000, 5 July 2000), the image in the shown markup document You can replace the hyperlink information in the file with the file identification information (object information) used by PTP instead of ryuri.jpg.

The storage unit 170 stores the digital image data processed by the photographing unit 130, the markup document composed by the encoding unit 160, and the like. Each piece of data stored in the storage unit 170 is mapped with identification information (for example, file identification information of a PTP) (hereinafter referred to as a file handle) used in an image or data exchange protocol between the photographing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus 200. Can be. Such identification information may be set by the controller 140 or the printing apparatus 200.

Meanwhile, when a user sets a layout for printing images and text through the user interface 120, information about the layout may also be transmitted to the printing apparatus 200. An example of a style sheet for this layout is shown in FIG. 3. The controller 140 may compose the style sheet as shown with the image hyperlink information and the text through the encoding unit 160.

4 is a block diagram showing a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The illustrated printing apparatus 200 includes a display unit 210 displaying a printing situation, a user interface 220 used by a user to control the printing apparatus 200, and a print object processed by the controller 240. A printing unit 230 for printing, a control unit 240 for controlling operations of the respective functional blocks constituting the printing apparatus 200, and an imaging apparatus interface unit 250 for connecting the printing apparatus 200 to the photographing apparatus 100. The decoder 260 may parse the markup document received from the photographing apparatus 100, and the storage 270 may store content to be printed.

The display unit 210 displays various printing conditions of the printing apparatus 200. The printing situation when the printing apparatus 200 is connected to the photographing apparatus 100 to perform a direct printing operation may be displayed through the display unit 110 of the photographing apparatus 100. In this case, the display unit 210 of the printing apparatus 200 may indicate that a direct printing operation is being performed.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the display unit 210 may display the printing condition or the printing status even when the direct printing operation is being performed.

The user interface unit 220 provides a means for the user to control the printing apparatus 200. In more detail, the user interface 220 may be configured as a keypad or a touch screen. Therefore, the user may set various printing conditions such as print quality designation, printing paper setting, and feeding / ejecting control through the user interface 220.

The printing condition setting when the printing apparatus 200 is connected to the photographing apparatus 100 to perform a direct printing operation may be controlled through the user interface 120 of the photographing apparatus 100. In this case, the user interface 220 of the printing apparatus 200 may not respond to a user's manipulation.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the user may perform the control of the printing apparatus 200 by setting the printing condition through the user interface 220 even when the direct printing operation is being performed.

The printing unit 230 prints the print object finally processed by the control unit 240 on the printing paper.

The control unit 240 controls the operation of each functional block constituting the printing apparatus 200. In addition, the controller 240 generates and provides various commands or interprets the commands received from the photographing apparatus 100 so that the printing apparatus 200 performs a direct printing operation. Various commands processed by the controller 240 when performing the direct printing operation will be described later with reference to FIG. 5.

On the other hand, the control unit 240 may perform the setting of the printing conditions or display of the printing situation by the above-described imaging apparatus 100 when performing the direct printing operation.

In addition, when the markup document received from the photographing apparatus 100 is parsed by the parsing unit 260, the controller 240 determines the printing form of the multimedia data based on the parsed result and prints the print information to the print unit 230. Output to.

The photographing apparatus interface unit 250 transmits various commands or data output from the controller 240 to the photographing apparatus 100 or receives a command or data transmitted from the photographing apparatus 100. The photographing device interface unit 250 may be connected to a wired interface such as USB, IEEE1394, or a wireless interface such as Bluetooth, so that the printing apparatus 200 may be connected to the photographing apparatus 200.

For example, when the printing apparatus 200 is connected to the photographing apparatus 100 by connecting to the USB cable through the photographing apparatus interface unit 250, the photographing apparatus 100 becomes a client of the USB and the printing apparatus 200 is connected to the USB apparatus. Become a host. Accordingly, the control unit 240 of the printing apparatus 200 functions as a storage client and a printer server for direct printing.

The decoding unit 260 parses the markup document transmitted from the photographing apparatus 100. The markup document includes print information of multimedia data including images and text. Accordingly, the controller 240 can determine the printing form of the multimedia data.

The storage unit 270 stores various data or print information received from the photographing apparatus 100.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a communication process between a photographing apparatus and a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, a command and data exchange process between the controller 140 of the photographing apparatus 100 and the controller 240 of the printing apparatus 200 is illustrated.

When the printing apparatus 200 and the photographing apparatus 100 are connected through a predetermined interface, a direct printing application mounted on the printing apparatus 200 and the photographing apparatus 100 is executed to perform a direct printing process.

The first printing apparatus 200 issues a direct printing start command for executing the direct printing mode (S110). If the photographing apparatus 100 implements the direct printing application, the photographing apparatus 100 transmits an affirmative response (S115).

Upon receiving the positive response, the printing apparatus 200 notifies the photographing apparatus 100 of the information about the function that the apparatus 100 has (S120). This function information may be transmitted to the photographing apparatus 100 in a script format, and an embodiment thereof is illustrated in FIG. 6.

As shown in FIG. 6, the function information includes information on various printing functions of the printing apparatus 200, such as the type and size of printable paper, print quality, format of image data, layout that can be output for the paper size, and other options. can do.

The user of the photographing apparatus 100 having received such function information decides which of the functions included in the printing apparatus 200 to perform printing, and selects an image and text to be printed (S125). The user can also determine the layout of the image and text to be printed.

When the user wants to print text along with the image, the photographing apparatus 100 may compose a print form of the multimedia data including the image and the text in the markup language as described above (S125). In this case, information about the layout set by the user may also be composed.

When the image and text to be printed are selected and the printing conditions of the image and the text are determined, the photographing apparatus 100 commands the printing apparatus 200 to print a job (S130).

At the print job command, the photographing apparatus 100 also transmits identification information of the markup document generated as a result of the composing (S125) in step S125. The identification information at this time may be a file handle. The printing apparatus 200 may request the photographing apparatus 100 to transmit specific data through the received identification information.

One embodiment of such a print job command JOBSTART is shown in FIG. 7 in the form of a script. As shown in the drawing, the photographing apparatus 100 may transmit a printing condition determined by a user, such as a print quality and a paper size, and identification information (FileHandle in the illustrated example) of a file to be printed together.

On the other hand, when the print job command, the photographing apparatus 100 may also transmit information on a print style. In the present invention, the printing style is information indicating whether to print only an image or to print multimedia data including an image and text, and an example thereof is shown in Table 1.

Table 1

Print style Print content ImageOnly Print only images Multimedia Print images and text together

Through the printing style, the printing apparatus 200 may determine whether a file to be received for printing is an image file or a markup document composed in a markup language. If the file to be received is a markup document, the printing apparatus 200 may allow the decoding unit 260 to parse it.

The print apparatus 200 having received the print job command requests the transmission of a file to be printed using the file identification information received together with the print job command (S135).

The photographing apparatus 100 receiving the file transfer request from the printing apparatus 200 transmits a file mapped to the requested file identification information to the printing apparatus 200 (S140).

If the file transmitted from the photographing apparatus 100 is a markup document, the printing apparatus 200 may parse it through the decoding unit 260 (S145).

By the parsing operation, the printing apparatus 200 may know the printing form of the text and the image. If the received markup document is illustrated in FIG. 3, the printing apparatus 200 requests identification information of an image to be printed through a hyperlink of an image set in the markup document (S150). In response to a request of the printing apparatus 200, the photographing apparatus 100 transmits identification information of an image to be printed (S155). Such identification information may be the file handle described above.

When the printing apparatus 200 having obtained the identification information of the image to be printed requests the image to be printed using the identification information (S160), the photographing apparatus 100 transmits image data mapped to the identification information (S165). ).

The printing apparatus 200 receiving the image data prints the image and the text according to the result of parsing in step S145 (S170).

If the information about the layout of the image and the text is not set in the markup document received by the printing apparatus 200, the printing apparatus 200 obtains the style sheet about the layout in a similar manner to that of obtaining the image data. can do. This is the same also in each Example below.

If the hyperlink information of the image is set as a file handle in the markup document received in step S140, steps S150 and S155 of the above-described process may be omitted. In this case, in step S160, the printing apparatus 200 may request image data as hyperlink information of the image obtained as a result of the parsing in step S145.

On the other hand, if only the image is to be printed at the time of the print job command (S130) (for example, the print style is set to ImageOnly), the processes of steps S135 to S155 may be omitted. Therefore, in this case, the printing apparatus 200 may print an image as in the prior art.

When the print job instructed by the photographing apparatus 100 ends, the printing apparatus 200 notifies the end of the print task (S175), and the photographing apparatus 100 returns an affirmative response thereto (S180) to print according to direct printing. The job ends.

If the markup document received from the photographing apparatus 100 includes hyperlink information of a plurality of images or identification information of another multimedia data, the printing apparatus 200 may be repeated by repeating the steps S135 to S165. ) Can obtain an image and text necessary for printing.

Meanwhile, even if the photographing apparatus 100 does not compose hyperlink information and text of an image to be printed in a markup language, the photographing apparatus 100 may transmit the image and text in a similar manner so that the printing apparatus 200 prints the same.

Communication between the photographing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus 200 as illustrated in FIG. 5 may be realized to match an image or data transmission protocol between the photographing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus. Hereinafter, as an embodiment of the present invention, a case where the photographing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus 200 exchange data by PTP will be described.

8 is a flowchart showing an example in which the printing apparatus 200 realizes a communication procedure for acquiring a markup document from the photographing apparatus 100 using the PTP architecture.

When the printing apparatus 200 requests information (file identification information used in the PTP) of the document data object stored by the photographing apparatus 100 through the GetObjecInfo command (S210), the photographing apparatus 100 contacts the object. The information (ObjectInfo Dataset) is transmitted (S220).

When the photographing apparatus 100 notifies the printing apparatus 200 through the affirmative response S230 that the apparatus 100 is ready to perform the process thereafter, the printing apparatus 200 indicates an object indicated by the object information obtained in step S220 through the GetObject command. (In the present invention, a markup document) is requested (S240).

Upon receiving the request, the photographing apparatus 100 transmits a markup document (Object Dataset) indicated by the requested object information to the printing apparatus 200 (S250).

If the object information of the markup document is transmitted at the time of the print job command (S130), the process of steps S210 to S230 may be omitted.

Meanwhile, the process of obtaining image data from the printing apparatus 200 to the photographing apparatus 100 to perform a print job (steps S150 to S165) may be similarly implemented in PTP.

In addition, command and data transmission between the photographing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus 200 shown in FIG. 5 may also be implemented by PTP, and the description corresponding to each step is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. H16-1664740 (Printing System and Control thereof). Method and photo direct printing apparatus). Therefore, a description of implementing another communication sequence of FIG. 5 in PTP will be omitted herein.

9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a photographing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

When the photographing apparatus 100 is directly connected to the printing apparatus 200 through a predetermined interface and set to the direct printing mode (S320), it is determined whether the user requests the output of the multimedia data (S320).

When outputting multimedia data is requested, the encoding unit 160 of the photographing apparatus 100 composes hyperlink information and text of an image to be printed in a predetermined markup language (S340). An example of a markup document composed by the encoding unit 160 has been described with reference to FIG. 2.

When the markup document is generated, the photographing apparatus 100 transmits the markup document to the printing apparatus 200 (S360).

When the printing apparatus 200 receives the request for the image to be printed through the hyperlink information of the image included in the markup document, the photographing apparatus 100 transmits the corresponding image (S370).

If only the image is to be printed (S330), the photographing apparatus 200 may transmit the image by a direct printing method as in the prior art.

Specific implementation of the direct printing process processed by the photographing apparatus 100 has already been described with reference to FIGS. 5 through 8.

10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

After the printing apparatus 200 is directly connected to the photographing apparatus 100 through a predetermined interface and set to the direct printing mode (S410), when the printing apparatus command is received from the photographing apparatus 100 (S420), the printing apparatus 100 Will perform direct printing.

The printing apparatus 200 determines whether to print the multimedia data through the received print job command (S430).

When receiving a print command to print the multimedia data, the printing apparatus receives the markup document indicating the printing form of the multimedia data (S440) and parses it through the decoding unit 260 (S450).

When the image is requested from the photographing apparatus 100 through the hyperlink information of the image included in the parsed result markup document and the image data corresponding thereto is received (S460), the printing apparatus 200 generates a multimedia according to the parsed result. Data is printed (S470).

If it is determined to print only the image (S430), the printing apparatus 200 may print the image by a direct printing method as in the prior art.

Specific implementation of the direct printing process processed by the printing apparatus 200 has already been described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. You will understand that. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

According to the data providing method, the printing method, and the apparatus for the print job of the present invention as described above, it is possible to print multimedia data including text and images during direct printing between the photographing apparatus and the printing apparatus.

Claims (42)

Instructing a printing apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to print at least one image data and text together; Transmitting a first markup document including hyperlink information of the image data and the text to the printing apparatus; And And transmitting the image data to the printing apparatus when the image data request using the hyperlink information of the image data is received from the printing apparatus that has received and parsed the first markup document. How to Provide. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicating step, Transmitting to the printing device a second markup document containing information for controlling the printing device. 3. The method of claim 2, And the first markup document and the second markup document are based on different markup languages. The method of claim 1, The transmitting of the image data may include: transmitting the file identification information according to a first request of the printing apparatus requesting file identification information mapped to the image data indicated by the hyperlink information; And And transmitting the image data in accordance with a second request of the printing apparatus requesting the image data using the file identification information. The method of claim 4, wherein And the file identification information conforms to an image transfer protocol between the printing apparatus and the image supply apparatus. The method of claim 1, And the markup document includes information about a layout indicating a print form of the image and the text. Receiving an instruction to print at least one image data and text together from an image supply apparatus connected through a predetermined interface; Receiving a first markup document including hyperlink information of the image data and the text from the image supply device; Requesting image data indicated by hyperlink information of the image data as a result of parsing the first markup document; And Printing the image data received from the image supply device with the text as a result of the request. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of receiving an instruction, And receiving a second markup document containing predetermined control information from the image supply device. The method of claim 8, And the first markup document and the second markup document are based on different markup languages. The method of claim 7, wherein the requesting image data comprises: Requesting transmission of file identification information mapped to image data indicated by the hyperlink information; And Requesting the image data using the file identification information received from the image supply device as a result of the request. The method of claim 10, And the file identification information conforms to an image transfer protocol between the printing apparatus and the image supply apparatus. The method of claim 7, wherein And the markup document includes information about a layout indicating a print form of the image and the text. An interface unit for transmitting and receiving data by connecting to a printing apparatus through a predetermined interface; An encoding unit for generating a first markup document including hyperlink information of at least one image data to be printed and text to be printed together with the image data; And And a control unit instructing the printing apparatus to print the image data and the text together through the interface unit, and controlling a transmission of the generated markup document and the image data in response to a request of the printing apparatus. Device. The method of claim 13, And the control unit generates a second markup document including information for controlling the printing apparatus to print the image data and the text together. The method of claim 14, And the first markup document and the second markup document are based on different markup languages. The method of claim 13, And the hyperlink information is file identification information complying with an image transfer protocol used for image data transfer with the printing apparatus. The method of claim 13, In the transmission of the image data, the file identification information is transmitted after the file identification information is transmitted in response to a first request of the printing apparatus requesting file identification information mapped to the image data indicated by the hyperlink information through the interface unit. And a transfer in accordance with a second request of the printing apparatus for requesting the image data using information. The method of claim 17, And the file identification information conforms to an image transfer protocol used for image data transfer with the printing apparatus. The method of claim 13, And the markup document includes information about a layout indicating a print form of the image data and the text. An interface unit connected to the image supply apparatus through a predetermined interface to transmit and receive data; A decoding unit for parsing a first markup document received from the image supply apparatus and including the image data and the text when instructed to print image data and text together from the image supply apparatus; A controller for requesting image data indicated by hyperlink information of the image data set in the first markup document; And And a printing unit for printing the image data received from the image supply device together with the text in response to the request. The method of claim 20, And the interface unit receives from the image supply apparatus a second markup document including information instructing to print the image data and text together. The method of claim 21, And the first markup document and the second markup document are based on different markup languages. The method of claim 20, And the hyperlink information is file identification information conforming to an image transfer protocol used for image data transfer with the image supply device. The method of claim 20, The control unit requests the image supply device to transmit the file identification information mapped to the image data indicated by the hyperlink information, and then requests the image data using the file identification information received as a result of the request. . The method of claim 24, And the file identification information conforms to an image transfer protocol used for image data transfer with the image supply device. The method of claim 20, And the markup document includes information about a layout indicating a printing form of the image and the text. A mark including hyperlink information of a plurality of image data to be printed on one print paper, text to be printed together with the plurality of image data, and information about a layout indicating a printing form of the plurality of image data and the text Generating an up document by the image supply apparatus; Transmitting the generated markup document to a printing apparatus directly connected through a predetermined interface for performing a direct printing operation; And And transmitting the plurality of image data in response to a request of the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus parses a predetermined markup document received from an image supply apparatus connected through a predetermined interface, hyperlink information of a plurality of image data to be printed, text to be printed together with the plurality of image data, and the plurality of Obtaining image data and information regarding a layout of the text; Requesting the plurality of image data indicated by the hyperlink information; And And printing the plurality of image data received from the image supply device as a result of the request on one print sheet along with the text according to the information about the layout. An interface unit for transmitting and receiving data by connecting to a printing apparatus through a predetermined interface; Markup including hyperlink information of a plurality of image data to be printed on one print sheet, text to be printed together with the plurality of image data, and information about a layout indicating a print form of the plurality of image data and the text. An encoding unit for generating a document; And And a control unit controlling transmission of the generated markup document and the plurality of image data in response to a request of the printing apparatus. An interface unit connected to the image supply apparatus through a predetermined interface to transmit and receive data; Parses a predetermined markup document received from the image supply device, hyperlink information of a plurality of image data to be printed, text to be printed together with the plurality of image data, and the plurality of image data and layout of the text. A decoding unit for obtaining information about the apparatus; A controller for requesting the plurality of image data indicated by the hyperlink information set in the markup document; And And a printing unit that prints the plurality of image data received from the image supply device in response to the request on one print sheet along with the text according to the information about the layout. Generating a first markup document including link information of image data to be printed and information about a layout indicating a printing form of the image data; And And transmitting the generated first markup document to a printing apparatus through a predetermined interface. The method of claim 31, wherein And the layout is made of a second markup document, and the information about the layout is link information of the second markup document. The method of claim 31, wherein And the first markup document further comprises text information to be printed. Receiving a first markup document including link information of image data to be printed from the image supply device and information about a layout indicating a printing form of the image data; And Performing a print job using the first markup document. The method of claim 34, And the layout is made of a second markup document, and the information about the layout is link information of the second markup document. The method of claim 34, And the first markup document further comprises text information to be printed. An encoding unit for generating a first markup document including link information of image data to be printed and information about a layout indicating a printing form of the image data; And And an interface unit for transmitting the generated first markup document to a printing apparatus through a predetermined interface. The method of claim 37, wherein And the layout is made of a second markup document, and the information about the layout is link information of the second markup document. The method of claim 37, wherein And the first markup document further comprises text information to be printed. An interface unit for receiving a first markup document including link information of image data to be printed from the image supply device and information about a layout indicating a printing form of the image data; And And a printing unit that performs a print job using the first markup document. The method of claim 40, And the layout is made of a second markup document, and the information about the layout is link information of the second markup document. The method of claim 40, And the first markup document further comprises text information to be printed.

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