Method and image forming apparatus using near field communication

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions executable by at least one processor for performing a method of controlling a mobile printing application using near field communication (NFC), the non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising:

instructions for receiving, by a mobile terminal, information from an image forming apparatus via an NFC tagging, the information comprising at least one of an application identifier or application installation information;

instructions for determining whether a mobile printing application corresponding to the application identifier is installed on the mobile terminal, the mobile printing application for controlling all print functions,

instructions for, when it is determined that the mobile printing application is not installed on the mobile terminal, controlling to receive and install the mobile printing application based on the application installation information,

instructions for determining, by the mobile terminal, whether the mobile printing application is executing on the mobile terminal;

instructions for, when it is determined that the mobile printing application is executing, directly determining whether a wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to a value received from the NFC tagging is established; and

instructions for, when it is determined that the mobile printing application is not executing, automatically initiating, by the mobile terminal, an execution of the mobile printing application in response to the received information if the NFC tagging occurs.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 ,

wherein the automatically initiating of the execution of the mobile printing application comprises automatically launching one of applications installed on the mobile terminal corresponding to the received application identifier.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the automatically initiating of the execution of the mobile printing application comprises:

automatically selecting an application among a plurality of applications installed in the mobile terminal based on the received application identifier; and

launching the application.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , further comprising:

instructions for automatically transmitting job data to the image forming apparatus if the NFC tagging occurs while data to be printed is selected via the mobile printing application.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , further comprising:

instructions for displaying a print job on the mobile terminal in response to a selection of a content to be printed in the mobile printing application;

instructions for generating job data according to the print job; and

instructions for automatically transmitting the job data to the image forming apparatus if the NFC tagging occurs while the print job is selected via the mobile printing application.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 5 , wherein the job data comprises the content and a print command.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein, when the automatically initiating of the execution of the mobile printing application occurs, the non-transitory computer-readable recording medium further comprises:

instructions for determining whether the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging is established; and

instructions for establishing, when it is determined that the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging is not established, the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging.

8. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a printer to perform an image forming job;

a near field communication (NFC) reader/writer to communicate with a mobile terminal via an NFC tagging;

a memory to store a program; and

at least one processor, by executing the program, to:

control the NFC reader/writer to transmit information to the mobile terminal, the information comprising at least one of an application identifier or application installation information, and

control the printer to perform a print job according to job data, which is generated by a mobile printing application, received from the mobile terminal,

wherein, the information transmitted to the mobile terminal is used to determine whether the mobile printing application corresponding to the application identifier is installed on the mobile terminal, the mobile printing application for controlling all print functions, when it is determined that the mobile printing application is not installed on the mobile terminal, the information transmitted to the mobile terminal is used to receive and install the mobile printing application based on the application installation information, when the mobile terminal determines that the mobile printing application is executing, the mobile terminal directly determines whether a wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to a value received from the NFC tagging is established, and, when the mobile terminal determines that the mobile printing application is not executing, the mobile terminal automatically initiates an execution of the mobile printing application in response to the received information if the NFC tagging occurs.

9. The image forming apparatus of claim 8 ,

wherein the job data is generated according to a print job page which is displayed on the mobile terminal in response to a selection of a content to be printed in the mobile printing application, and

wherein the job data is automatically transmitted by the mobile terminal after another NFC tagging is performed.

10. The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the job data comprises the content and a print command.

11. The image forming apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, when it is determined that the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging is not established, the mobile terminal establishes the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a near field communication (NFC) reader to receive information via an NFC tagging of an NFC tag of an image forming apparatus, the information comprising at least one of an application identifier or application installation information;

a memory to store a program; and

at least one processor, by executing the program, to:

determine whether a mobile printing application corresponding to the application identifier is installed on the mobile terminal, the mobile printing application for controlling all print functions,

when it is determined that the mobile printing application is not installed on the mobile terminal, controlling to receive and install the mobile printing application based on the application installation information,

determine whether the mobile printing application is executing on the mobile terminal,

when it is determined that the mobile printing application is executing, directly determine whether a wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to a value received from the NFC tagging is established, and

when it is determined that the mobile printing application is not executing, automatically initiate an execution of the mobile printing application in response to the received information if the NFC tagging occurs, and, after automatically initiating the execution of the mobile printing application, determine whether the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging is established.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12 ,

wherein, when the automatically initiating of the execution of the mobile printing application occurs, the at least one processor automatically launches one of applications installed on the mobile terminal corresponding to the application identifier received in the NFC tagging.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein, when the automatically initiating of the execution of the mobile printing application occurs, the at least one processor:

automatically selects an application among a plurality of applications installed in the mobile terminal based on the received application identifier, and

launches the application.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor automatically transmits job data to the image forming apparatus if the NFC tagging occurs while data to be printed is selected via the mobile printing application.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein the at least one processor:

displays a print job on the mobile terminal in response to a selection of a content to be printed in the mobile printing application,

generates job data according to the print job, and

automatically transmits the job data to the image forming apparatus if the NFC tagging occurs while the print job is selected via the mobile printing application.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein the job data comprises the content and a print command.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 12 , wherein, when the automatically initiating of the execution of the mobile printing application occurs, the at least one processor:

determines whether the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging is established, and

establishes, when it is determined that the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging is not established, the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus corresponding to the value received from the NFC tagging.