A method of forming an image that corresponds to an information item about an article having a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The image forming apparatus receives information about the article stored in the RFID tag, requests, from a server, one or more detailed information items about the article that correspond to the received information, and receives the requested one or more detailed information items. The image forming apparatus forms one or more images that correspond to the received one or more detailed information items. The server stores the one or more detailed information items. Accordingly, the image forming apparatus can obtain information about the article at any time.