Image forming apparatus and method of displaying option screen thereof

1. A method of displaying an option screen in an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

determining at least one operation option corresponding to each of two or more image forming functions, among image forming functions provided by the image forming apparatus, the at least one operation option being applied to a performance of the respective image forming functions;

generating an option screen in which regions for setting the operation options determined with respect to the two or more image forming functions are arranged in a same screen; and

displaying the generated option screen through a user interface unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one operation option is performed based on kinds of operation options that are essentially input by a user in order to perform the image forming functions.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying an error message notifying the user that the essential operation options are not set, when the image forming functions are requested to be performed in a state where the essential operation options are not set.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising editing the operation options that are arranged in the option screen according to the input of the user,

wherein the determining of the at least one operation option is performed based on the edition result.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the at least one operation option is performed in consideration of a size of the screen.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the option screen comprises further arranging a button for changing the options screen in the option screen for setting other operation options besides the determined operation options.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the option screen comprises further arranging a button for selecting an activation of each of the two or more image forming functions.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the option screen comprises further arranging a button for executing a work flow operation, by which the image forming functions are performed at the same time.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating of the option screen comprises further arranging a button for initiating each of the two or more image forming functions in the option screen.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an input of the user with respect to the operation options through the option screen; and

controlling the image forming functions to be performed based on the received input of the user with respect to the operation options.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising executing a work flow operation, in which the two or more image forming functions are performed at the same time, when the operation options of the two or more image forming functions are set together.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the executing of the work flow operation comprises performing an image forming operation that is repeated in the two or more image forming functions once.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image forming functions comprise at least two or more among a printing function, a copying function, a scanning function, a fax function, and an e-mail transmission function.

14. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a program for executing the method according to claim 1 .

15. An image forming apparatus displaying an option screen, the image forming apparatus comprising:

an option determination unit for determining at least one operation option corresponding to each of two or more image forming functions provided by the image forming apparatus, the at least one operation option being applied to a performance of the respective image forming functions;

a screen generation unit for generating an option screen, in which regions for setting the operation options determined with respect to each of the two or more image forming functions are arranged in the same screen; and

a user interface unit for displaying the generated option screen.

16. The image forming apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the option determination unit determines the at least one operation option based on kinds of the operation options that are essentially input by a user in order to perform the image forming functions.

17. The image forming apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising an option edit unit for editing the operation options that will be arranged in the option screen according to an input of the user,

wherein the option determination unit determines the at least one operation option based on the edition result.

18. The image forming apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the image generation unit generates the option screen by further arranging at least one of a button for changing the option screen in order to set other operation options besides the determined operation options, a button for selecting an activation of each of the two or more image forming functions, a button for executing a work flow operation, and a button for initiating the operation of each of the two or more image forming functions in the option screen.

19. The image forming apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising a controller for controlling the image forming functions to be performed based on the input of the user received through the user interface unit.

20. The image forming apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the controller executes the work flow operation for performing the two or more image forming functions at the same time, when the operation options of the two or more image forming functions are set together.