Patent ID: 8670148

Claim:
An image processing apparatus that manages execution load of jobs issued by each user, comprising: a management condition storage operable to store, as a management condition that has been set for each user, an upper limit of execution load of jobs that each user is allowed to apply on the image processing apparatus; a total value storage operable to store therein, for each user, a total value of execution load applied on the image processing apparatus through execution of jobs issued by the respective user; a canceling part operable to cancel a received job in response to the received job causing the total value of execution load to exceed the upper limit for the respective user who issued the received job; a cancellation history storage operable to store therein, for each user, cancellation history information that shows a value of execution load of jobs on the image processing apparatus that exceeds the upper limit for the respective user; an evaluation part operable to evaluate the management condition for each user based on the stored cancellation history information for the respective user and provide a recommendation to change the management condition for the respective user based on the stored cancellation history information; and a display part operable to display, as a result of the evaluation performed by the evaluation part, information including the recommendation to change the management condition for the respective user.