Patent ID: 7952737

Claim:
A print process system comprising: a receiving section that receives (i) print data or print data reference information referencing the print data, (ii) a print process instruction for initiating a print process for the print data and (iii) process description data that describes an instruction about a series of process steps performed after the print process occurs, each process step including a process instruction element, or reference information referencing the process description data; a print process execution section that executes the print process according to the received print process instruction; and an executing section that, after the print process is executed according to the received print process instruction, executes a series of process steps based on the instruction described in the process description data corresponding to the print process instruction, wherein the receiving section receives the print process instruction and the process description data as a single job and allocates a common job identifier to the print process instruction and the process description data, and the print process system further comprises a notifying section that notifies whether an error occurs in the process based on the plurality of process instruction elements described in the process description data based on the job identifier.