Patent ID: 7957020

Claim:
An image forming apparatus configured to communicate with a server that manages control information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to each type of sheet via a network, the image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet storing device adapted to store a plurality of sheets, wherein at least one of the plurality of sheets includes a wireless tag; a receiving device configured to receive an IP address sent from the wireless tag, wherein the IP address indicates a location of the server that stores the control information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the type of sheet stored in the sheet storing device; a communication device configured to obtain the control information from the server via the network based on the IP address received by the receiving device; a controller configured to control an image forming condition based on the control information obtained by the communication device; and a memory configured to store information, wherein the memory is configured to store both the IP address obtained from the wireless tag and the control information obtained from the server while relating the IP address obtained from the wireless tag with the control information obtained from the server, and wherein the controller is configured to compare the IP address obtained from the wireless tag with an IP address previously stored in the memory, and, when it is determined that the IP address previously stored in the memory is equivalent to the IP address obtained from the wireless tag, the controller does not obtain the control information from the server and the controller controls an image forming condition in accordance with the control information that is stored in the server having a location indicated by the IP address previously stored in the memory.