Patent ID: 8564810

Claim:
A print job management apparatus comprising: an ability ascertaining unit configured to obtain post-processing ability information regarding an ability of a post-processing apparatus which executes post-processing for a printed sheet; a searching unit configured to, based on the post-processing ability information obtained by the ability ascertaining unit and post-processing information regarding specifics of the post-processing in a print job, search for a combination of a first and a second post-processing apparatus to execute the post-processing in the print job and for a third post-processing apparatus to singly execute the post-processing in the print job; a storage unit configured to store a processing sequence of the first and the second post-processing apparatuses in the combination; a generating unit configured to generate print data to print, on a single sheet, first identification information of the first post-processing apparatus and second identification information of the second post-processing apparatus in the combination and third identification information of the third post-processing apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain target information representing the first post-processing apparatus in a case where the first post-processing apparatus reads at least one of the first, second, and third identification information printed on a sheet based on the print data; and an output unit configured to output error information to the first post-processing apparatus when it is determined that a sequence of the post-processing is improper based on the obtained target information and stored processing sequence.