Patent ID: 8023133

Claim:
An image forming job management apparatus comprising: a schedule displaying unit configured to display a schedule screen including a schedule of an image forming apparatus and a schedule of a group which is composed of a plurality of image forming apparatuses; a print job managing unit configured to, when new print job information is dragged onto identification information of the image forming apparatus on the schedule screen, temporarily display a schedule indicating processing time to process new print job information in the image forming apparatus; a print job manager configured to set a high-priority level for the schedule of the new print job information in accordance with dropping the dragged new print job information onto the identification information of the image forming apparatus on the schedule screen, and to set a low-priority level for the schedule of the new print job information in accordance with dropping the dragged new print job information onto the identification information of the group on the schedule screen; and a scheduler configured to process the schedule for which the high-priority level is set prior to the schedule for which the low-priority level is set, wherein the schedule displaying unit displays the schedule generated by dropping the new print job information onto the identification information of the image forming apparatus and the schedule generated by dropping the new print job information onto the identification information of the group so as to be distinguishable from each other.