A printing information service system and a method of providing printing
information, based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.
The system and method retrieve a printing status of a user of a printer,
locate the user from among users each having a RFID card by determining
whether personal identification information stored in the RFID card of
the user is acquired depending on a communicating distance between the
RFID reader equipped in the printer and the RFID card of the user, and
provide information by displaying the printing status of the user
identified by the personal identification information, on the printer,
when the personal identification information is acquired as a result of
the determining. The system and method provide printing information to
different locations of the user, and individually informs the print
completion status, thus greatly improving the convenience of printing by
the user.