US Patent 7154635 Print job management method and apparatus

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for managing a print job generated in response to a print command that is input from an external unit. When the name of a user whose has logged in from a terminal is acquired and a print command corresponding to this user name is entered, a job that uses the logged-in user name is generated as the owner name of the print job based upon the print command. When the status of the job is displayed, the user name is displayed as the owner name.