Means to reduce a load on a computer and efficiently manage printing jobs or printing devices jobs

A job-processing method for an information-processing apparatus that can communicate with a plurality of printing devices, comprising:

• sequentially registering the plurality of printing devices which are output targets of printing jobs and from which state information is to be acquired in a monitoring queue in a first registration order;
• sequentially registering the plurality of printing devices which are the output targets of the printing jobs in a transferring queue in a second registration order;
• connecting the plurality of printing devices according to the first registration order and a maximum number of connections and acquiring the state information from the plurality of printing devices;
• and
• connecting the plurality of printing devices according to the second registration order and a second maximum number of connections and transferring the printing jobs to the plurality of connected printing devices,
• wherein, when a predetermined condition on the connection is satisfied, disconnecting one of the plurality of printing devices, connecting another printing apparatus according to the monitoring queue, and again registering the disconnected printing device in the monitoring queue, while the transfer-control unit continues to transfer the printing jobs to the plurality of printing devices.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing an information-processing apparatus to execute a job-processing method for an information-processing apparatus that can communicate with a plurality of printing devices, the method comprising:

• sequentially registering the plurality of printing devices which are output targets of printing jobs and from which state information is to be acquired in a monitoring queue in a first registration order;
• sequentially registering the plurality of printing devices which are the output targets of the printing jobs in a transferring queue in a second registration order;
• connecting the plurality of printing devices according to the first registration order and a maximum number of connections and acquiring the state information from the plurality of printing devices;
• and
• connecting the plurality of printing devices according to the second registration order and a second maximum number of connections and transferring the printing jobs to the plurality of connected printing devices,
• wherein, when a predetermined condition on the connection is satisfied, disconnecting one of the plurality of printing devices, connecting another printing apparatus according to the monitoring queue, and again registering the disconnected printing device in the monitoring queue, while the transfer-control unit continues to transfer the printing jobs to the plurality of printing devices.

An information-processing apparatus configured to communicate with a plurality of printing devices, comprising:

• a first registering means for sequentially registering the plurality of printing devices which are output targets of printing jobs and from which state information is to be acquired in a monitoring queue in a first registration order;
• a second registering means for sequentially registering the plurality of printing devices which are the output targets of the printing jobs in a transferring queue in a second registration order;
• a state-monitoring means for connecting the plurality of printing devices according to the first registration order and a first maximum number of connections by the state-monitoring unit and acquire the state information from the plurality of printing devices;
• and
• a transfer-control means for connecting the plurality of printing devices according to the second registration order and a second maximum number of connections by the transfer-control unit and transfer the printing jobs to the plurality of connected printing devices,
• wherein, when a predetermined condition on the connection by the state-monitoring means is satisfied, the state-monitoring means disconnects one of the plurality of printing devices, connects another printing apparatus according to the monitoring queue, and the first registering means again registers the disconnected printing device in the monitoring queue, while the transfer-control unit continues to transfer the printing jobs to the plurality of printing devices.