Patent ID: 6961139

Claim:
A print job control system on a network system, comprising: an image-forming apparatus, which comprises: an image reading section to generate first image data by optically scanning a document including a plurality of pages and conducting an optoelectronic converting operation, a first memory to store said first image data, header data corresponding to a property of said first image data, and job data corresponding to a property of an image-forming job of said first image data, an image-forming section to form images based on said first image data stored said first memory, and a first network interface to bilaterally transmit said first image data between said first memory and a network of said network system; and a computer, which comprises: a second network interface, a second memory, and a control section to control an operation for storing data, received through said second network interface, in said second memory; wherein said control section creates a directory corresponding to said first image data, said header data and said job data in said second memory, and stores in said directory a job management file created based on said header data and said job data, and second image data generated by converting said first image data, and wherein said control section transfers said second image data and said job management file, which are stored in said directory, to said image-forming apparatus through said second network interface in a unit of said image-forming job.