Patent attributes
Job processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a reception unit adapted to receive a job ticket; a recognition unit adapted to recognize a processing content of a processing step of interest defined in the job ticket; a detection unit adapted to detect a processing status of the process; an identification adapted to identify a processed part of a print job and an unprocessed part of the print job based on the processing status, when the processing status satisfies a job ticket dividing condition; a job ticket generation unit adapted to generate a first job ticket that describes a processing parameter of the processed part for a next step, in order to process the processed part in the next step; and a delivery unit adapted to deliver the first job ticket to a device which executes processing in the next step.