Patent ID: 8705076

Claim:
A method of printing a file in an image forming apparatus connected to one or more hosts, the method comprising: receiving from the one or more hosts and storing path information, that stores a location of a folder selected by a user, corresponding to locations of files in a predetermined sharing folder located in the one or more hosts, respectively; displaying, by a display screen of the image forming apparatus, the files according to the stored path information in a selectable format; selecting, by the image forming apparatus, one of the displayed files according to the stored path information; downloading the selected file according to the stored path information; and printing, by the image forming apparatus, the downloaded file, wherein an operation panel includes a key corresponding only to the sharing folder and one or more second keys corresponding to an operation associated with the printing, the key being separate from the display screen, and the method further comprises, when the key corresponding only to the sharing folder is selected, displaying on the display screen file information corresponding to files located within the sharing folder such that one of the displayed files is selected, downloaded, and printed according to the second keys.