Access control method in an image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus

With sell after having added in such manufacturer consumables used in the image forming apparatus (MFP) the distribution information including the current license code (300) (302), the image forming apparatus (MFP) is such consumables reads the distribution information from the article, it performs the authentication process. The image forming apparatus (MFP) receives a connection request from an application executed by a personal computer (PC), and collated with the distribution information of the license code of the application that is included in the connection request is added to consumables, connected to determine whether.