Patent ID: 6498964
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A job processing system using job designation sheets comprising:a printer configured to prepare job designation sheets including the description of specified job designation contents and print Sheet Version Number showing the version of the job designation sheet on each job designation sheet when editing the sheet; a manager configured to manage the version of each job designation sheet according to Version Number printed on the job designation sheet; a reader configured to read the job designation sheet that has the job designation contents described and the sheet Version Number printed; a recognizer configured to recognize the described contents and Version Number of the job designation sheet read by the reader; a judging unit configured to judge whether the sheet Version Number recognized by the recognizer is the latest one according to the version of the job designation sheet managed by the manager; a first processor configured to process jobs according to the contents described on the job designation sheet recognized by the recognizer when the version of the sheet is judged as the latest version; and a second processor configured to process jobs according to the described contents of the job designation sheet recognized by the recognizer when a difference between the contents designated by the job designation sheet of the latest version and that designated by the job designation sheet is small even when the judging result of the judging unit is not the latest version.