Job management apparatus of print job in delivery system for delivering sheet printed by image forming apparatus to delivery destination with autonomously moving delivery apparatus

A job management method in delivery system for delivering sheet printed by an image forming apparatus to a delivery destination with an autonomously moving delivery apparatus, comprising:

• sending a print job to the image forming apparatus;
• calculating printing time relating to completion of execution of the print job by the image forming apparatus and a first arrival time when the delivery apparatus reaches the image forming apparatus;
• enabling the image forming apparatus to execute the print job at a timing when the image forming apparatus can complete the execution of the print job by the first arrival time;
• calculating a second arrival time when the delivery apparatus reaches the delivery destination, and to notify the second arrival time to a registered notification destination;
• updating, in a case in which failures occur in the image forming apparatus and the delivery apparatus, the second arrival time;
• and
• notifying a notification destination of the updated second arrival time.

A delivery system comprising:

• an image forming apparatus configured to execute printing onto a sheet based on a print job;
• a delivery apparatus configured to deliver the sheet printed by the image forming apparatus to a delivery destination;
• and
• a server for sending the print job to the image forming apparatus, comprising:
• a communication section configured to communicate with the image forming apparatus and the delivery apparatus;
• and
• a controller configured to calculate printing time relating to completion of execution of the print job by the image forming apparatus and a first arrival time when the delivery apparatus reaches the image forming apparatus, and to enable the image forming apparatus to execute the print job at a timing when the image forming apparatus can complete the execution of the print job by the first arrival time, and to calculate a second arrival time when the delivery apparatus reaches the delivery destination, and to notify the second arrival time to a registered notification destination, and to updates, in a case in which failures occur in the image forming apparatus and the delivery apparatus, the second arrival time, and to notify the notification destination of the updated second arrival time.