Patent ID: 7561291

Claim:
A job management system comprising: a network; a job management apparatus; at least one peripheral device connected to said job management apparatus through said network; and a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to said job management apparatus and said peripheral device through said network, said information processing apparatuses managing job information output therefrom to said peripheral device to thereby manage usage of said peripheral device, wherein said job management apparatus has a use limitation setting device that sets use limitation information for limiting usage of said peripheral device by said information processing apparatuses, the use limitation information including an instruction of suspending printing when a use limitation of said peripheral device is violated or an instruction of continuing printing with the job information recorded on a list when the use limitation of said peripheral device is violated, and wherein said information processing apparatuses each comprise: a use limitation information acquiring device that obtains the use limitation information from said job management apparatus; a use limitation violation recording device that records on a list print job information and user information of a user who violates a use limitation corresponding to the use limitation information during while a print job from the user is being output, when the use limitation information obtained by the use limitation information acquiring device includes the instruction of suspending printing with the job information recorded on the list when the use limitation of said peripheral device is violated; and a job canceling device that cancels a job from a user who violates the use limitation corresponding to the use limitation, when the use limitation information obtained by the use limitation information acquiring device includes an instruction of inhibiting printing when the use limitation of said peripheral device is violated.