Patent ID: 8681353

Claim:
A method of requesting a print job at a station, the method comprising: scanning for a printer that functions as an Access Point (AP) in a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) by broadcasting a probe request frame according to an IEEE 802.11 standard; automatically obtaining: in response to the broadcasting, an address of the printer, by receiving a probe response frame in the IEEE 802.11 standard, the address being a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the printer; transmitting an association request frame generated using the MAC address of the printer to the printer; receiving from the printer, an association response frame in response to the association request frame; generating a print job request by utilizing the address of the printer obtained by the scanning as a destination of the print job; and transmitting the print job request to the printer obtained by the scanning, wherein the print job is requested by utilizing the MAC address of the printer included in the probe response frame, as the destination of the print job.