Patent ID: 8189224

Claim:
A print managing method comprising: storing, each time a print job is completed, a job history of the print job in a job-history storage unit; counting up, each time printing is performed, counter information recorded in a counter recording unit; and managing a print job that is in progress at a predetermined counting time in a plurality of separate job histories, wherein the step of managing includes: temporarily suspending the print job that is in progress at the predetermined counting time; generating, based on execution information of processing executed before the print job is suspended, a first job history based on first processing of the print job, the first processing being executed before the predetermined counting time; resuming the suspended print job; and generating, after completion of the resumed print job and based on the first job history and the job history stored in the job-history storage unit, a second job history based on second processing of the print job, the second processing being executed after the predetermined counting time.