Patent ID: 9019542
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A management server, comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a pair of reprint-related jobs by analyzing a job log collected from a printing apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine whether a job is useless or useful for the pair of jobs detected by the detection unit and further determine which one of a plurality of categories the determined useless job should be classified into; a counting unit configured to count, according to a determination result obtained by the determination unit, the total number of useless jobs and the total number of printed sheets of the useless jobs for each of plurality of categories; and an output unit configured to output a result counted by the counting unit according to the determination result, wherein if a detection result obtained by the detection unit indicates a pair of jobs, in which one job has been executed based on default print settings and the other job has been re-executed based on changed print settings, the determination unit determines the job executed based on the default print settings as a useless job.