摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a job execution control device, an image formation system, a job execution control method, and a job execution control program that can suitably select an apparatus to execute a job requested by a user by accurately predicting states of consumables of respective apparatuses providing services on a network. <P>SOLUTION: A job execution control device 100 includes an information table 122 which holds service history information representing histories of consumption of consumables by users of a plurality of image forming apparatuses on the network; a prediction part 123 which calculates predicted values as values predicting consumption of consumables of the plurality of image forming apparatuses on the network based upon the history information; and a service management part 121 which selects an image forming apparatus to execute the request job requested by the user among the plurality of image forming apparatuses on the network based upon the history information and the predicted values calculated by the prediction part 123. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |