IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVER IN HOST DEVICE

1 . A method, performed by an image forming apparatus, of installing a printer driver in at least one host device, the method comprising:

transmitting an agent program to a host device;

receiving printer driver installation information of the host device from the transmitted agent program;

displaying the received printer driver installation information on the image forming apparatus;

receiving, from a user, an input of selecting, from the displayed printer driver installation information, the at least one host device in which to install or update the printer driver; and

transmitting the printer driver to the selected host device so that the printer driver is installed in the selected at least one host device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the agent program to the host device comprises:

searching for the host device connected to the image forming apparatus; and

receiving identification information of the host device found by the searching.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the agent program to the host device comprises receiving identification information of the host device from the user.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the agent program to the host device comprises receiving, from the user, an input of selecting the host device to which to transmit the agent program.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the printer driver installation information comprises information indicating whether to install the printer driver or version information of the printer driver.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the printer driver is acquired from an external storage device or an internal storage device of the image forming apparatus.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the printer driver is a printer driver of a version selected by the user.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the printer driver to the selected at least one host device comprises transmitting an installation command of the transmitted printer driver to the selected at least one host device.

9 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an interface configured to receive an input from a user and display printer driver installation information;

a communicator configured to transmit data to a host device; and

a controller configured to receive an input of selecting, from the displayed printer driver installation information, at least one host device in which to install or update a printer driver from the user through the interface, transmit an agent program to the selected at least one host device through the communicator, receive the printer driver installation information of the at least one host device from the transmitted agent program, and transmit the printer driver to the at least one host device so that the printer driver is installed in the at least one host device.

10 . The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to search for the at least one host device connected to the image forming apparatus and receive identification information of a found host device through the communicator.

11 . The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive identification information of the at least one host device from the user through the communicator.

12 . The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive an input of selecting the at least one host device to which to transmit the agent program from the user through the interface.

13 . The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the printer driver installation information comprises information indicating whether to install the printer driver or version information of the printer driver.

14 . The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the printer driver is acquired from an external storage device or an internal storage device of the image forming apparatus.

15 . The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the printer driver is a printer driver of a version selected by the user.

16 . The image forming apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit an installation command of the transmitted printer driver to the selected host device through the communicator.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1 , by using a computer.