Patent ID: 8730497

Claim:
A print job management apparatus which generates a print job to be transmitted to a printing apparatus, the print job management apparatus comprising: a job interpretation unit configured to determine whether or not an operator processing the print job is designated; a logon management unit configured to confirm whether or not an operator logging on to the printing apparatus exists if the job interpretation unit determines that the operator is not designated; a job generation unit configured to generate the print job including a transmission instruction to transmit information about used resource; a transmission control unit configured to wait to transmit the print job if the logon management unit determines that no operator is logging on to the printing apparatus and to transmit the print job to the printing apparatus if the logon management unit determines that an operator is logging on to the printing apparatus; wherein the transmission control unit is further configured to transmit the print job including the transmission instruction and the designation of the operator to the printing apparatus without using a result of the confirmation by the logon management unit if the job interpretation unit determines that the operator is designated.