Method and system for retrieving print media attributes from a print media database server

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable code embodied therein for managing at least one print media database server for print media attributes of print media, the computer readable program code configured to execute a process, the process comprising the steps of:

• hosting print media attributes for a plurality of image forming apparatuses on the at least one print media database server, and wherein the at least one print media database server contains print media attributes for a plurality of print media from one or more manufacturers;
• receiving, by the at least one print media database server, additional print media attributes from either of the one or more manufacturers and one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses;
• confirming accuracy of the additional print media attributes;
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• enabling, by the at least one print media database server, access to the additional print media attributes in the print media database from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, after the accuracy of the additional print media attributes is confirmed.