Image forming system to support a web service function and low power mode control method thereof

1. An image forming system to support a web service function, the image forming system comprising:

a first web server operated under a low power mode to provide a web service to access at least one of a network and the Internet;

a webpage provider to provide a webpage to be serviced through the first web server; and

a controller to shift from the low power mode to a normal mode and to control the first web server to begin to provide the web service in the low power mode when a web service request command is received in the low power mode, such that the webpage provided by the webpage provider comprises a status display area to display a status message indicating that the low power mode is shifted to the normal mode.

2. The image forming system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second web server operated under the normal mode to provide a web service,

wherein the controller controls the second web server to provide a web service when a web service request command is received in the normal mode.

3. The image forming system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a display unit to display the webpage provided under the low power mode.

4. The image forming system of claim 1 , wherein, when the controller controls the webpage provider to provide a webpage in the low-power mode, the webpage provider either provides a webpage previously created in the normal mode or creates and provides a webpage in real-time in the low power mode.

5. The image forming system of claim 1 , wherein the webpage provider provides a webpage stored as a default.

6. The image forming system of claim 1 , wherein the webpage provided by the webpage provider comprises a re-access area to retry access to a web browser after a preset period of time elapses,

wherein the re-access area is written in at least one of a script language and an HTTP meta tag.

7. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a user interface to receive a web service request command;

a webpage provider to provide a webpage to be serviced under a low power mode; and

a controller to shift from the low power mode to a normal mode and to operate and control a first web server to begin to service the webpage provided by the webpage provider in the low power mode in response to the web service request command being received in the low power mode,

wherein the first web server is operated under the low power mode to provide a web service to access at least one of a network and the Internet, and the webpage provided by the webpage provider comprises a status display area to display a status message indicating that the low power mode is shifted to the normal mode.

8. The image forming apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the controller operates and controls a second web server to provide a web service when the web service request command is received in the normal mode.

9. The image forming apparatus of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first web server and the second web server is located in the image forming apparatus.

10. The image forming apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the webpage provided by the webpage provider is at least one of a webpage previously created in the normal mode, a webpage created in real-time in the low power mode, and a webpage stored as a default.

11. The image forming apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the webpage provided by the webpage provider comprises a re-access area to retry access to a web browser after a preset period of time elapses,

wherein the re-access area is written in at least one of a script language and an HTTP meta tag.

12. A low power mode control method in an image forming system to support a web service function, the method comprising:

receiving a web service request command under a low power mode;

switching, in response to the web service request command being received in the low power mode, from the low power mode to a normal mode while first providing a webpage related to the mode switch while in the low power mode; and

displaying the provided webpage during the mode switch,

wherein a web service for the web page is provided to access at least one of a network and the Internet such that the webpage related to the mode switch comprises a status display area to display a status message indicating that the low power mode is switched to the normal mode.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a web service in the low power mode and a web service in the normal mode are provided by different web servers.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the webpage provided in the low power mode is a webpage previously created in the normal mode.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the webpage provided in the low power mode is a webpage created in real-time in the low power mode.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the webpage provided in the low power mode is a webpage stored as a default.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the webpage related to the mode switch comprises a re-access area to retry access to a web browser after a preset period of time elapses,

wherein the re-access area is written in at least one of a script language and an HTTP meta tag.

18. An image-forming apparatus having a high-power operation mode and a low-power operation mode, the image-forming apparatus comprising:

a webpage provider to provide a webpage in each of the high-power and low-power modes;

a first web server to receive the webpage from the webpage provider in the low-power mode while shifting from the low power mode to a normal mode and to output the webpage to a network; and

a display to receive the webpage from the first web server and to display the webpage such that the webpage comprises a status display area to display a status message indicating that the low power mode is shifted to the normal mode.

19. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the webpage provider provides a pre-generated webpage stored in memory when the image-forming apparatus is in the low-power mode.

20. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 18 , further comprising a second web server to receive the webpage from the webpage provider when the image-forming apparatus operates in the high-power operation mode.

21. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 18 , further comprising:

a controller to receive a request to access the webpage and to transmit the request to the first web server.

22. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the controller includes a first controller to operate at a high power level in the high-power operation mode and a second controller to operate at a low power in the low-power operation mode.

23. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 22 , wherein, when the image-forming apparatus is in a low-power state, the first controller generates the webpage according to data received from the webpage provider and transmits the webpage to the first web server.

24. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein each of the webpage provider and the first web server is a component located inside a body of the image-forming apparatus.

25. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 24 , wherein at least one of the webpage provider and the first web server includes a computer program stored in a memory and a processor to access data from the computer program to provide or receive the webpage, respectively.

26. The image-forming apparatus according to claim 18 , further comprising:

a controller including a first controller to operate at a high power level in the high-power operation and a second controller to operate at a low power in the low-power operation,

wherein the webpage includes a first webpage and a second webpage,

when the image-forming apparatus is in a low-power operation mode, the second controller transmits the first webpage received from the webpage provider to the display, and

after the first webpage received from the webpage provider is transmitted to the display, if an input is received by the controller to generate the second webpage in the high-power operation mode, the first controller generates the second webpage in the high-power operation mode based on webpage data received from the webpage provider.

27. A method to provide a webpage from an image-forming system having a high-power mode and a low-power mode, the method comprising:

receiving a request to transmit a requested webpage from a webpage provider in the image-forming system;

determining whether the image-forming system is in the high-power mode or the low-power mode; and

if the image-forming system is in the low-power mode, changing to the high-power mode to provide the requested webpage in response to the request to transmit the requested webpage being received in the low power mode,

wherein a web service for the webpage is provided to access at least one of a network and the Internet such that the webpage comprises a status display area to display a status message indicating the mode change.

28. The method according to claim 27 , wherein providing the requested webpage includes one of retrieving a pre-generated webpage from memory and generating a webpage based on data in the request to transmit the requested webpage.

29. The method according to claim 27 , further comprising:

if it is determined that the image-forming system is in the low-power mode, retrieving a pre-generated webpage from memory; and

if it is determined that the image-forming system is in the high-power mode, generating the requested webpage based on data in the request to transmit the requested webpage.

30. The method according to claim 27 , further comprising:

if it is determined that the image-forming system is in the low-power mode, retrieving a pre-generated webpage from memory, the pre-generated webpage having a field to receive a user input to change the image-forming system to the high-power mode to generate the requested webpage.

31. The method according to claim 30 , wherein, if a user input is detected before the requested webpage is provided in the low-power mode, changing to the high-power mode to provide the requested webpage.

32. A method to provide a webpage from an image-forming system having a high-power mode and a low-power mode, the method comprising:

receiving a request to transmit a requested webpage from a webpage provider in the image-forming system;

determining whether the image-forming system is in the high-power mode or the low-power mode;

if the image-forming system is in the low-power mode, beginning to generate the requested webpage in the low-power mode while shifting from the low-power mode to the high power mode;

if an input is received before the requested webpage is generated, switching to the high-power mode to generate the requested webpage; and

displaying a status message in a display area of the webpage indicating the mode change,

wherein a web service for the webpage is provided to access at least one of a network and the internet.

33. The method according to claim 32 , further comprising:

transmitting a pre-generated webpage before generating the requested webpage.