Patent ID: 7920288

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image of a predetermined color space based on a downloaded profile downloaded via a network, comprising: receiving means for receiving said downloaded profile and attribute information of the downloaded profile; storage means for storing attribute items to be used to determine whether or not the downloaded profile is an incorrect profile, the stored attribute items comprising file creation date and time, a profile use purpose and a profile color space; determination means for determining, when said receiving means receives the attribute information of the downloaded profile, whether or not the downloaded profile received by said receiving means is an incorrect profile by comparing the attribute information of the downloaded profile received by said receiving means with at least the profile creation date and time, profile use purpose and profile color space of the attribute items stored in said storage means and by determining that the downloaded profile is an incorrect profile when the attribute information of the downloaded profile received by said receiving means does not include attribute data corresponding to the profile creation date and time, the profile use purpose and the profile color space in the attribute items stored in said storage means; and deletion means for deleting the downloaded profile received by said receiving means when it is determined that the downloaded profile received by said receiving means is an incorrect profile by said determination means.