Patent ID: 8749815

Claim:
A job processing method in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses execute a job in cooperation with each other, the job processing method comprising: an announcement notice step of sending, via a network, an announcement notice informing that the job will be sent, to a second image processing apparatus and a third image processing apparatus working in cooperation, by a first image processing apparatus that issues a job; a job status notice step of notifying, via the network, the third image processing apparatus working in cooperation of information indicating the status of the job based on the announcement notice, by the second image processing apparatus that has received the announcement notice; and displaying the notified information indicating the status of the job on a display screen of the third image processing apparatus working in cooperation, wherein, in the announcement notice step, if the third image processing apparatus working in cooperation has not been designated at the point in time when the job is issued, the announcement notice is sent to a plurality of image processing apparatuses as candidates for the third image processing apparatus working in cooperation, and wherein the information indicating the status of the job is notified of the candidates for the third image processing apparatus and displayed.