MANAGEMENT OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING TEST PAGE DATA

The present disclosure is directed to a system, a method, and an apparatus that manage an image forming apparatus using test page data. In example embodiments, when a client computing device requires verification of the functionality of an image forming apparatus, the client computing device can initiate a request with a managing server. Through the transmission of a test page print request to the image forming apparatus, a scanning of a test page that is printed by the image forming apparatus, a transmission of data from the printed test page to the managing server, and the managing server verifying the data transmitted by the client computing device, the client computing device and managing server can verify the image forming apparatus.