Patent ID: 8014011

Claim:
A method of printing a web page using a network printer which has a web browser and a network interface unit, and obtains web page information corresponding to an input uniform resource locator (URL) through the web browser and the network interface unit, converts the obtained web page information into image information for printing, and prints the image information, the method comprising: extracting a URL hyperlinked to the web page from the web page information obtained through the network interface unit; converting the web page information into image information by parsing the web page information using a content parsing unit, providing the parsed web page information to a content layout unit, which lays out locations where the converted image data is to be printed, and printing the image information as the printed web page; retrieving from the converted image information URL anchor print region information indicating a region in which a URL anchor corresponding to the extracted hyperlinked URL is located on the printed image information; inputting location information corresponding to the printed image information via a location input unit, wherein the location information is input by a user using the location input unit, wherein the location information input unit is a flat panel-type digitizer receiving thereon the printed web page and the location information is input via the flat panel-type digitizer, which is sensitive to touch, by selecting a location on the printed web page, and wherein the selection of the location on the printed web page is made by the user by touching printed web page on the flat panel-type digitizer using a finger or stylus; comparing the input location information with the URL anchor print region information to select the extracted hyperlinked URL if the input location information matches the URL anchor print region information; and providing the selected extracted hyperlinked URL to the web browser to retrieve corresponding web page information, wherein when more than one web page is printed, each printed web page is hyperlinked to all respective printed web pages and each web page is accessible at the network printer, thereby providing nested hyperlinked web page access at the network printer.