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Method and apparatus to upgrade driver of image forming apparatus

a technology of image forming apparatus and driver, which is applied in the direction of digital output to print units, instruments, computing, etc., can solve the problems of user inconvenience, unupgraded portable storage media, cd-rom and floppy disk, etc., and achieve the effect of enhancing user convenience and satisfaction

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-04-05
S PRINTING SOLUTION CO LTD
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Enhances user convenience by allowing the latest driver to be stored and used independently of the host device, reducing maintenance costs and ensuring seamless operation across various computer environments.

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A user, however, may encounter an inconvenience in a case where the user loses the portable storage medium including the driver program provided at a time when the printer is purchased, or in a case where the user is not skilled in using a computer.
However, a portable storage medium, such as a CD-ROM and a floppy disk, which are provided at a time when a printer is purchased, is not upgraded.
In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 2, even if the driver program is upgraded through a network, a printer cannot be operated by the latest driver in other computers which are not connected to the network.
For this reason, there is a limitation in using a printer driver having upgraded capabilities, and this causes a user's dissatisfaction, resulting in a decrease of product reliabilities.
Here, there is a disadvantage that the latest driver cannot be used in a computer which is not connected to the network.

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[0027]Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present general inventive concept, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The embodiments are described below in order to explain the present general inventive concept by referring to the figures.

[0028]FIG. 3 illustrates a driver upgrade system of an image forming apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present general inventive concept. The driver upgrade system may include a printer 300 as the image forming apparatus, a computer 320 as a host device, and a website 340 to provide a latest driver program. The image forming apparatus can be, for example, one of the printer 300, a copy machine, a scanner, and a fax machine. Hereinafter, the printer 300 will be described as an example of the image forming apparatus and the computer 320 will be described as an example of the host device. However, the image forming appar...

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A method and apparatus to upgrade a driver of an image forming apparatus. The method includes accessing a website having a website driver program useable by the image forming apparatus, converting a class mode of the image forming apparatus from an original class mode to a predetermined class mode that is different from the original class mode, comparing a driver program stored in the image forming apparatus with the website driver program on the website, and downloading the website driver program from the website and storing the website driver program in the image forming apparatus when the website driver program is a later version than the stored driver program.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation application of Ser. No. 11 / 422,688 filed Jun. 7, 2006 in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-0048896, filed on Jun. 8, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present general inventive concept relates to an image forming apparatus, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus to upgrade a driver program of an image forming apparatus.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]A device, such as a printer, requires a driver program to operate the device to be installed in a host device, such as a computer. FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional installation and operation of a driver using a portable storage medium, such as a diskette and a CD-ROM. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the driver prog...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/12
CPCG06F3/1204G06F3/1225G06F3/123G06F3/1284G06F3/1285H04N2201/0093H04N1/00H04N1/00973H04N2201/0081H04N2201/0082H04N2201/0091G06F9/4411G06F3/12G06F9/24
Inventor CHOI, IN-SUNGLEE, SANG-HYUP
Owner S PRINTING SOLUTION CO LTD
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