Imaging forming apparatus and method that adjusts an XPS file to the outputted paper size

1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:

a communication interface unit to receive an XML paper specification (XPS) file;

an XPS file processing unit to convert the XPS file into an output data corresponding to printing paper to print the XPS file based on information regarding the height and width of a FixedPage in the XPS file; and

a control unit to control the image forming apparatus to print the output data,

wherein the XPS file Processing unit comprises a determination unit to determine if a printing paper option is set for the XPS file.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the XPS file processing unit comprises:

a search unit to search for the printing paper to print the XPS file based on the information regarding the height and width of the FixedPage in the XPS file when the printing paper option is not set for the XPS file; and

a data generation unit to convert the XPS file into the output data corresponding to the searched printing paper.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the determination unit identifies the presence of a tag “PageMediaSize” in a PrintTicket of the XPS file so as to determine if the printing paper option is set for the XPS file.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a user interface (UI) unit to display a message that a printing paper option is not set for the XPS file if a printing paper option is not set for the XPS file.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the search unit searches for printing paper having the lowest error rate compared with the height and width of the FixedPage, or printing paper having the lowest error rate within a designated error rate range compared with the height and width of the FixedPage among printing paper supported by the image forming apparatus.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the search unit searches for printing paper having the lowest error rate compared with the height and width of the FixedPage, or printing paper having the lowest error rate within a designated error rate range compared with the height and width of the FixedPage by comparing the height and width of the FixedPage with the size of printing paper laid on a tray of the image forming apparatus.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the data generation unit converts the XPS file into the output data so as to fit to the searched printing paper when the size of the searched printing paper is smaller than the height and width of the FixedPage,

the data generation unit converts the XPS file into the output data by clipping an area of the XPS file when the height or width of the FixedPage is greater than the size of the searched printing paper, and

the data generation unit converts all pages of the XPS file into the output data corresponding to the searched printing paper.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the UI unit displays the printing paper supported by the image forming apparatus, and receives setting of the printing paper to print the XPS file.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage unit to set the searched printing paper as an additional printing paper option for the XPS file, and to store the XPS file in which the printing paper option is set.

10. An image forming method of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an XML paper specification (XPS) file;

determining if a printing paper option is set for the XPS file;

when the printing paper option is not set for the XPS file, searching for printing paper to print the XPS file based on the information regarding the height and width of a FixedPage in the XPS file; and

adjusting the XPS file for printing and printing the XPS file to correspond to the searched printing paper.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determining operation comprises identifying the presence of a tag “PageMediaSize” in a PrintTicket of the XPS file, and determining if the printing paper option is set based on the presence of the tag “PageMediaSize”.

12. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying a message that the printing paper option is not set for the XPS file when the printing paper option is not set for the XPS file.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the searching operation comprises searching for printing paper having the lowest error rate compared with the height and width of the FixedPage, or printing paper having the lowest error rate within a designated error rate range compared with the height and width of the FixedPage among printing paper supported by the image forming apparatus.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the searching operation comprises:

comparing the height and width of the FixedPage with the size of printing paper laid on a tray of the image forming apparatus; and

searching for printing paper having the lowest error rate compared with the height and width of the FixedPage, or printing paper having the lowest error rate within a designated error rate range compared with the height and width of the FixedPage.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the printing operation comprises:

converting the XPS file into the output data so as to fit to the searched printing paper if the size of the searched printing paper is smaller than the height and width of the FixedPage, converting the XPS file into the output data by clipping an area of the XPS file if the height or width of the FixedPage is greater than the size of the searched printing paper; and

converting all pages of the XPS file into the output data corresponding to the searched printing paper.

16. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

displaying the printing paper supported by the image forming apparatus; and

receiving a setting of the printing paper to print the XPS file.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the receiving operation comprises providing a preview on how the XPS file will be printed on a selected kind of paper after a user selects at least one kind of printing paper from which the user can select.

18. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

setting the searched printing paper as an additional printing paper option for the XPS file, and storing the XPS file in which the printing paper option is set.

19. An apparatus comprising:

a processing unit to convert an XML paper specification (XPS) file into output data corresponding to printing paper based on information regarding a height and width of a FixedPage in the XPS file; and

a communication unit to transmit the output data to an image forming apparatus for printing,

wherein the processing unit further comprises:

a determination unit to determine whether a printing paper option is set in the XPS file;

a search unit to select the printing paper based on height and width information included in the FixedPage when no printing paper option is set in the XPS file; and

a data conversion unit to adjust the XPS file into the output data using the FixedPage information based on the printing paper.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the data conversion unit crops the XPS file when the height and width information included in the FixedPage is greater than a height and width of the printing paper.