Information processing apparatus, information processing method, medium storing program thereof, and information processing system

An information processing method executed in an information processing apparatus that generates a print job and transmits the print job to a printing apparatus, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring a status of a print job transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus, by communicating with the printing apparatus, and retaining the status as a list of the print job and the status;
• acquiring information regarding a print job retained by the printing apparatus, by communicating with the printing apparatus, and retaining the information as a list of the print job retained by the printing apparatus and the information;
• and
• referring to the lists retained in the step of acquiring the status and the step of acquiring the information, and stopping the transmission of a print job if a number of jobs that have already been transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value or if a number of print jobs retained by the printing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

A computer-readable medium storing an information processing program for generating a print job and transmitting the print job to a printing apparatus,

• wherein the information processing program causes a computer to function so as to:
• acquire a status of a print job transmitted to the printing apparatus by the information processing apparatus, by communicating with the printing apparatus, and retain the status as a list of the print job and the status;
• acquire information regarding a print job retained by the printing apparatus, by communicating with the printing apparatus, and retain the information as a list of the print job retained by the printing apparatus and the information;
• and
• refer to the list of the print job and the status and the list of the print job and the information and stop the transmission of a print job if a number of jobs that have already been transmitted to the printing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value or if a number of print jobs retained by the printing apparatus is equal to or exceeds a predetermined threshold value.