Patent ID: 8488170

Claim:
A print job management apparatus comprising: a job registering unit configured, in response to a request of a print requesting unit for registering print jobs including print setup information and print data, to associate the print setup information with first identifiers, associate the print data with second identifiers formed by adding predetermined symbols to the first identifiers, record the print setup information and the print data in a job information storing unit, and return the first identifiers to the print requesting unit; a job list providing unit configured, in response to a request of an image forming apparatus connected to the print job management apparatus via a network for acquiring a list of the print jobs, to return a list of the first identifiers; a job transferring unit configured, in response to a request for acquiring the print job corresponding to one of the first identifiers selected from the list by the image forming apparatus, to return the print setup information associated with the requested one of the first identifiers and the print data associated with the second identifiers corresponding to the requested one of the first identifiers; and a job changing unit configured, in response to a request for changing at least a part of the print setup information associated with the first identifier which is received from the print requesting unit, to change the print setup information recorded in the job information storing unit with the part of the print setup information.