Job control apparatus and method, and recording medium for producing a book

摘要

There is provided an error recovering method that can be applied to a photobook production flow handling plural types of parts and reduces operator's manual workload while keeping consistency in the job order between the plurality of parts at the time of occurrence of an error. An information processor receives information on an error that is caused in a printer or a post-apparatus and determines whether or not reprinting of a target part is necessary. When determining that reprinting is necessary, the information processor updates job tickets of an error-caused part and other types of parts and transmits the updated job tickets to the printer and the post-apparatus. The printer and the post-apparatus execute post-processing in accordance with the job tickets updated by the information processor.

主权项

1. An apparatus for controlling a plurality of jobs performed in a printer and a post-apparatus to produce a book including a plurality of parts, the apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive information on an error that is caused in the printer or the post-apparatus; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not reprinting of the part is necessary on the basis of the received error information; and an informing unit configured to inform the printer and the post-apparatus of change in the job order of the part for which it is determined that the reprinting is necessary and change in the job order of another part that constitutes the same book as the part for which it is determined that the reprinting is necessary.