| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a job-processing apparatus and a job-processing method. A job-processing method for routing a print job to one of a plurality of printers in a job- processing apparatus is disclosed, each of which printers has a low-power state, and a powered-up state. The method comprising: determining a destination printer from print data included in the print job; determining whether or not the destination printer is in low-power state; if the destination printer is in the low-power state, selecting at least one alternative printer; determining the state of the at least one alternative printer; and, if the alternative printer is in the powered-up state, re-routing the print job from the destination printer to the alternative printer for printing.</p> |
