METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FAX BY USING APPLICATION, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SAME

An image forming apparatus and a method for transmitting a fax using an application are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a communicator to perform communication with an external device, a fax unit to receive a fax document through a public switched telephone network, a memory in which an application for routing the received fax document is installed, and a controller to execute the application installed in the memory, to select, based on an attribute of the fax document, a device to which the fax document is to be transmitted, and to transmit the fax document to the selected device via the communicator.