Job execution device, method for controlling the device, image forming device and computer program product

An image forming device for executing a job of a process about input or output of an image in accordance with an instruction given by a user, the image forming device comprising:

• a storage portion for storing malfunction cause information that indicates a cause of a malfunction and user ID information that indicates the user who instructed the job for each job that could not executed because the malfunction had happened;
• a detecting portion for detecting which cause of the malfunction was removed by detecting a change of state in the image forming device;
• a determining portion for determining the job that could not be executed normally due to the malfunction in accordance with the malfunction cause information stored in the storage portion when it is detected that the cause of the malfunction is removed;
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• a notifying portion for notifying a user indicated in the user ID information corresponding to the determined job that the cause of the malfunction was removed.

An image forming device for executing a job of a process about input or output of an image in accordance with an instruction given by a user, the image forming device comprising:

• a storage portion for storing a cause information that indicates a cause for which a job could not be executed normally and user ID information of the user who instructed the job, for each job;
• a determining portion for determining the job whose unable state of the function is indicated in the cause information when it is determined that a function was added to the image forming device;
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• a notifying portion for notifying a user indicated in the user ID information corresponding to the determined job that the cause of the job has been removed.

A method for controlling a job execution device that executes a job for a predetermined process in accordance with an instruction given by a user, the method comprising the steps of:

• storing cause information that indicates a cause for which a job could not be executed normally and user ID information of the user who instructed the job in a storage portion every time when the job is generated;
• determining the job that could not be executed normally due to the cause in accordance with the cause information stored in the storage portion when it is detected that the cause is removed;
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• notifying the user indicated in the user ID information corresponding to the determined job that the cause of the job has been removed.

A computer program product for use in a computer that executes a job for a predetermined process in accordance with an instruction given by a user, the computer program product makes the computer execute a process comprising:

• a first step of storing a cause information that indicates a cause for which a job could not be executed normally and user ID information of the user who instructed the job in a storage portion every time when the job is generated;
• a second step of determining the job that could not be executed normally due to the cause in accordance with the cause information stored in the storage portion when it is detected that the cause is removed;
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• a third step of notifying the user indicated in the user ID information corresponding to the determined job that the cause of the job has been removed.