Patent ID: 7304752

Claim:
A job processing system comprising first and second information processors, and an output device, which communicate with each other via a network, wherein said first information processor comprises: a job issuing unit that transfers to said output device job data, including print data and attribute information that includes authentication information which is used to start outputting the print data; and a notifying unit that notifies said second information processor of the attribute information, including the authentication information, for the job data transferred to said output device by said job issuing unit of said first information processor and identification information for identifying said output device to which the attribute information that includes the authentication information is to be sent, wherein said second information processor comprises: a sending unit that sends the attribute information that includes the authentication information notified to the second information processor by said notifying unit of the first information processor to said output device identified by the notified identification information in response to a user's instruction without the user entering the attribute information that includes the authentication information and identification information, and wherein said output device comprises: a storage unit that stores the job data which is transferred to said output device by said job issuing unit; and a control unit that outputs print data stored in said storage unit if the authentication information included in the attribute information sent to said output device by said sending unit of the second information processor corresponds to the authentication information included in the attribute information stored in said storage unit.