Image forming apparatus and control method thereof, and host apparatus for image forming apparatus and control method thereof

The present invention is an image forming apparatus and a control method and a host apparatus related to a host device and a control method of an image forming apparatus, and data for generating a print data generating unit of the image forming apparatus, and; First host communication unit that performs the image forming device and the local communication and; A second host communication unit that performs the image forming apparatus and a network communicate with; When the first through the host communication unit connected to the image forming apparatus and a host controller for receiving the network information of the image forming apparatus, and based on the received network information to install the printer port of the image forming apparatus. This makes it possible to improve the convenience of the user, by easily install a network printer port of the image forming apparatus to the host device.