Job processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

A control method for controlling a job processing apparatus for storing received jobs in a storage unit and sequentially executing the stored jobs, the control method comprising:

• determining, when a cause for stopping the job to be executed is generated, whether a state in which the cause for stopping the job is not eliminated has continued for a predetermined time;
• executing, when it is determined that the state in which the cause for stopping the job is not eliminated has continued for the predetermined time, a following job that follows the job is executed prior to the job;
• judging whether a predetermined operation for eliminating the cause for stopping the job is being executed;
• and
• restricting, when it is judged that a predetermined operation for eliminating the cause for stopping the job is being executed, the following job is restricted from being executed prior to the job.

A computer readable storage medium for storing a computer program for controlling a job processing apparatus for storing received jobs in a storage unit and sequentially executing the stored jobs, the computer readable storage medium comprising:

• a code to determine, when a cause for stopping the job to be executed is generated, whether a state in which the cause for stopping the job is not eliminated has continued for a predetermined time;
• a code to execute, when it is determined that the state in which the cause for stopping the job is not eliminated has continued for the predetermined time, a following job that follows the job is executed prior to the job;
• a code to judge whether a predetermined operation for eliminating the cause for stopping the job is being executed;
• and
• a code to restrict, when it is judged that a predetermined operation for eliminating the cause for stopping the job is being executed, the following job from being executed prior to the job.