Patent ID: 8451488

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a job ticket data obtaining portion that obtains job ticket data, the job ticket data indicating a job involving a plurality of processes, first conditions used for performing the plurality of processes, and information on whether changing each of the first conditions is allowed or not; a group data obtaining portion that obtains group data indicating a first group and a second group, the first group being made by grouping second conditions having a common concept, the second group being made by grouping the first group having a common concept; a presenting portion that shows options for changing at least one of the first conditions indicated in the job ticket data in the following manner, wherein if the job ticket data indicates that changing said at least one of the first conditions is allowed, then the presenting portion shows the second conditions belonging to the second group to which an identical condition belongs, the identical condition being one of the second conditions and being identical to said at least one of the first conditions, and if the job ticket data indicates that changing said at least one of the first conditions is not allowed, then the presenting portion shows the second conditions included in the first group to which the identical condition belongs; and a job execution portion that executes the job based on a selected option and the job ticket data in such a manner that the selected option takes precedence over the job ticket data.