Patent ID: 7852502

Claim:
A management system that includes a management apparatus acquiring print job history information on print processing performed by a plurality of printing devices, and an integrated management apparatus acquiring and managing print job history information managed by a plurality of management apparatuses, wherein the integrated management apparatus comprises: a processor; and a memory on which a computer program is stored that, when executed by the processor, causes the integrated management apparatus to perform the steps of: a full acquisition step that acquires all print job history information stored in and managed by a management apparatus, which is designated from among the plurality of management apparatuses, after deleting the already acquired print job history information from the designated management apparatus; a difference acquisition step that acquires a difference of the print job history information from the print job history information managed by the management apparatus, designated from among the plurality of management apparatuses, wherein the difference of the print job history information is print job history information concerning a plurality of print jobs newly stored after the acquisition by said full acquisition step or print jobs stored after a previous acquisition by said difference acquisition step; a designation step that designates a job information acquisition time of performing periodic acquisition of the print job history information stored in and managed by said management apparatus in said full acquisition step or said difference acquisition step, and frequency of acquisition of all the print job history information in said full acquisition step; and a report output step that outputs a use state report of a base server computer for each said management apparatus, by using the print job history information acquired in said full acquisition step or said difference acquisition step, wherein said full acquisition step or said difference acquisition step acquires the print job history information according to the designated frequency, in the job information acquisition time designated in said designation step.