Patent ID: 8661159

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a memory; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a web page identified by a uniform resource identifier (URI) that is input; a printer configured to print a web page that is obtained by the obtaining unit; a storage unit configured to store the input URI and the obtained web page corresponding to the input URI; a determination unit configured to determine, by accessing the URI stored in the storage unit, whether the URI identifying the web page has been changed; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a web page that is identified by a changed URI; a print controlling unit configured to control the printer to print a report in response to the determination unit determining that the URI identifying the web page has been changed, wherein described in the printed report are the web page that is identified by the URI which is before changing and is stored in the storage unit, the web page that is identified by the changed URI and is acquired by the acquisition unit, and information for instructing whether the URI stored in the storage unit which is before changing is to be changed to the changed URI; a scanner configured to scan the report printed by the printer in response to the determination unit determining that the URI identifying the web page has been changed; a change unit configured to change the URI stored in the storage unit in accordance with the information in the report scanned by the scanner; and a second determination unit configured to determine an authenticity of the report that is scanned by the scanner, wherein the change unit allows the changing of the URI to be executed in response to the second determination unit determining that the report is authentic, wherein the second determination unit is configured to make a determination as to the authenticity of the report by making a determination on at least one of whether an effective period of the report scanned by the scanner has not yet elapsed, whether a user who logs into the image forming apparatus and a user described in the report are identified to be a same person, and whether a number of copies of the report printed by the printer is a same as a number of copies of the report scanned by the scanner, and wherein the obtaining unit, the determination unit, the acquisition unit, the print controlling unit, the second determination unit, and the change unit are stored in the memory.