Patent ID: 8139959

Claim:
A print managing apparatus that can be connected through a network to an image forming apparatus having a leaving detecting portion to detect that a recording paper sheet discharged/stacked in a paper discharge tray is left in the tray, the apparatus comprising: a leaving information acquiring portion that acquires a respective leaving information for each print job accepted by the image forming apparatus resulting in recording paper sheets being left in the paper discharge tray for a predetermined time or longer; a leaving information count portion that counts for each user the number of times the respective leaving information is acquired by the leaving information acquiring portion; and a warning portion that, upon receiving a print job from a terminal apparatus of a user for whom the number of times the respective leaving information has previously been acquired is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, transmits warning information to the terminal apparatus of the user prompting the user not to leave a recording sheet in the paper discharge tray.