Patent ID: 7515290

Claim:
A system for processing a job that a predetermined processing and another predetermined processing are performed sequentially, the predetermined processing being performed by a predetermined device, the other predetermined processing being performed by another predetermined device separated from the predetermined device, wherein the predetermined device and the other predetermined device can detachably load a portable recording medium, the other predetermined device comprising: a determining unit configured to determine, based on information related to progress about the job recorded on the portable recording medium by the predetermined device, if the predetermined processing about the job by the predetermined device has been done; and a control unit configured to control the other predetermined device to perform the other predetermined processing about the job, if it is determined that the predetermined processing about the job by the predetermined device has been done, wherein the control unit controls the other predetermined device not to perform the other predetermined processing about the job, if it is not determined that the predetermined processing about the job by the predetermined device has been done.