METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FAX BY USING APPLICATION, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SAME

1 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

a communicator to perform communication with an external device;

a fax unit to receive a fax document through a public switched telephone network;

a memory in which an application for routing the received fax document is installed; and

a controller to:

execute the application installed in the memory,

select, based on an attribute of the fax document, a device to which the fax document is to be transmitted, and

transmit the fax document to the selected device via the communicator.

2 . The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller:

identifies a caller number of the fax document,

identifies a device designated by a forward event corresponding to the identified caller number, and

transmits the fax document to the identified device.

3 . The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller:

identifies a form type of the fax document,

identifies a device designated by a forward event corresponding to the identified form type, and

transmits the fax document to the identified device.

4 . The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller:

identifies whether or not an option of transmitting the fax document to a cloud print server is activated, and

when the option is activated, transmits the fax document to the cloud print server.

5 . The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller:

identifies a caller number of the fax document,

generates a storage folder corresponding to a device designated by a storage event corresponding to the identified caller number, and

stores the fax document in the storage folder.

6 . The image forming apparatus of claim 5 , wherein, when the controller receives a request for access to the storage folder from the device designated by the storage event, the controller transmits the fax document to the device designated by the storage folder.

7 . The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the fax unit receives a tag cover connected to the fax document, the controller:

analyzes the tag cover to identify a transmission destination and a password, and

after encrypting the fax document with the password, transmits the encrypted fax document to the transmission destination.

8 . A method of transmitting a fax using an application, the method comprising:

receiving a fax document via a public switched telephone network;

determining a destination of the fax document based on an attribute of the fax document; and

transmitting the fax document to the determined destination.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining of the destination of the fax document comprises:

identifying a caller number of the fax document;

identifying a forward event corresponding to the identified caller number; and

determining a device designated by the forward event as the destination of the fax document.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining of the destination of the fax document comprises:

identifying a form type of the fax document;

identifying a forward event corresponding to the identified form type; and

determining a device designated by the forward event as the destination of the fax document.

11 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining of the destination of the fax document comprises:

determining whether or not an option of transmitting the fax document to a cloud print server is activated; and

when the option is activated, determining the cloud print server as the destination of the fax document.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining of the destination of the fax document comprises:

identifying a caller number of the fax document;

identifying a storage event corresponding to the identified caller number;

generating a storage folder corresponding to a device designated by the storage event; and

determining the storage folder as the destination of the fax document.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving a request for access to the storage folder from the device designated by the storage event; and

transmitting the fax document stored in the storage folder to the device designated by the storage event.

14 . The method of claim 8 , wherein, when the receiving of the fax document comprises receiving a tag cover connected to the fax document,

the determining of the destination of the fax document comprises determining the destination of the fax document as a transmission destination identified by analyzing the tag cover, and

the transmitting of the fax document to the determined destination comprises encrypting the fax document with a password identified by analyzing the tag cover, and transmitting the encrypted fax document to the destination of the fax document.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions recorded thereon for a computer program for executing a method of transmitting a fax using an application, the computer-readable recording medium comprising:

instructions to receive a fax document via a public switched telephone network;

instructions to determine a destination of the fax document based on an attribute of the fax document; and

instructions to transmit the fax document to the determined destination.