Printing system, image forming cartridge, information service system, and information service server

摘要

An information service server, which manages a home page that provides information about an image forming cartridge and a printing apparatus using the image forming cartridge, and a printing system are connected to each other via a network. The printing system includes an image forming cartridge having a nonvolatile memory that stores access information for gaining access to the home page and identification information for identifying the image forming cartridge, identifying means for identifying the image forming cartridge as a genuine product based on the identification information, and access means for gaining access to the home page based on the access information when the image forming cartridge is identified as a genuine product.