Patent ID: 7126719

Claim:
A print processing method for executing print processing upon exchanging print information with a device connected via a network, comprising: a step of submitting print information, which has been generated by one device, to another device and starting a first print job; a detection step of detecting whether a failure has occurred on the side of the one device during the submission of the print information; a step of determining to abort or suspend processing of the first print job, which is currently being submitted, in accordance with the detection made in said detection step; a step of reporting abort or suspension of processing to the other device, which receives the print information; a step of aborting the processing of the first print job in the other device according to receipt of the notice which indicates abort; a step of suspending the processing of the first print job in the other device according to receipt of the notice which indicates suspension; a step of processing a second pint job which differs from the first print job, after the processing of the first print job has been suspended in said step of suspending; and a step of resuming processing of the first print job according to recovery of the failure which occurred on the side of the one device, after the second print job has been processed in said step of processing, wherein said step of resuming resumes the processing of the first print job without receiving a user's instruction.