Image forming apparatus that updates a transaction history of electronic data based on printing, information terminal, methods of controlling image forming apparatus and information terminal, storage medium, and image forming

Abstract

The present image forming apparatus: obtains a job ticket related to printing from an information terminal, regarding electronic data for which an ownership is managed in a transaction of a blockchain network; obtains the electronic data from a management server that manages the electronic data, using information that is included in the obtained job ticket and is related to a transaction for transferring or lending the ownership of the electronic data from the information terminal to the image forming apparatus; generate a transaction that contains history information related to the executed printing, using the obtained electronic data and information related to print settings of the job ticket, execute printing; and using the information related to the transaction.