Abstract: Disclosed is an image-forming apparatus having a pause function and a method therefor. The image-forming apparatus having a pause function has an image-scanning unit for moving a loaded document along a transfer path and scanning the loaded document; a pause button for inputting a pause signal requesting to pause the scanning; a control unit for determining whether the pause signal has been input, controlling the image-scanning unit to pause the scanning operations if the pause signal is inputted, and processing a portion of the image scanned until the pause of the scanning operations; and a storage unit for storing the scanned portion of the image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing provides for direct printing out of image files received from a system that is external to the printer. The method includes the step of determining whether or not a command mode of the printer at present is a Direct Image File Printing System mode, if data are inputted to the printer from a host computer that is external to the printer. The method may also include the step of converting the inputted data into an image form which can be outputted so as to print them out depending on the image file type mode. This step may occur if the command mode of the printer at present is found to be the Direct Image File Printing mode upon a result of the examination.