Image processing system and image formation apparatus

An image formation apparatus included in an image processing system including a plurality of apparatus groups each consisting of a plurality of image formation apparatuses, comprising:

• a memory which stores a print job associated with user information;
• a printer which carries out printing based on a print job;
• and
• a controller,
• said controller being configured to
• request of a predetermined image formation apparatus belonging to another apparatus group different from the apparatus group to which the image formation apparatus belongs for an inquiry about said print job when an inquiry about the print job associated with a log-in user is received from an image formation apparatus within the apparatus group to which the image formation apparatus belongs, and
• inquire of a management image formation apparatus within the apparatus group to which the image formation apparatus belongs, which can manage the print job stored in each image formation apparatus within the apparatus group, about the image formation apparatus within the apparatus group which has stored the print job associated with said log-in user, when a request for said inquiry is made from an image formation apparatus in another apparatus group different from the apparatus group to which the image formation apparatus belongs.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a computer mounted on an image formation apparatus, said image formation apparatus being included in an image processing system including a plurality of apparatus groups each consisting of a plurality of image formation apparatuses, said program causing said computer to:

• accept a request for an inquiry about an image formation apparatus which has stored a print job associated with a designated user, from another image formation apparatus;
• in response to said request, request of a predetermined image formation apparatus which belongs to another apparatus group different from an apparatus group to which said image formation apparatus belongs for an inquiry about said print job, when said another image formation apparatus is an image formation apparatus within an apparatus group to which said image formation apparatus belongs;
• and
• inquire, in response to said request, of a management image formation apparatus which is an image formation apparatus within an apparatus group to which said image formation apparatus belongs and can manage the print job stored in each image formation apparatus within the apparatus group about the image formation apparatus within said apparatus group which has stored the print job associated with said user, when said another image formation apparatus is an image formation apparatus in another apparatus group different from the apparatus group to which said image formation apparatus belongs.