Patent ID: 7805506

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a network interface unit that connects the electronic device to a network, and receives description information from network devices; a control processor that analyzes the description information received from the network devices to find a candidate device from the network devices, and transmits a predetermined message to the candidate device to determine whether the candidate device is adapted to a direct print mode; and a display that displays an icon corresponding to the candidate device, if the control processor determines that the candidate device is adapted to the direct print mode and changes an operation mode of the electronic device to the direct print mode, wherein the control processor (a) changes the operation mode of the electronic device to the direct print mode so that the electronic device can communicate with the candidate device in accordance with a direct print protocol, if the control processor determines that the candidate device is adapted to the direct print mode, and (b) does not change the operation mode of the electronic device to the direct print mode, if the control processor determines that the candidate device is not adapted to the direct print mode.