JP2009214333A - Printer, print job management method, and print job management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer capable of efficiently managing a print job, without using a database requiring maintenance, etc. and to provide a print job management method and a print job management program. <P>SOLUTION: The printer has a file name generation section 112 for generating the file name of the print job, on the basis of attribute data included in the print job and a holder generation section 114 for generating a holder for each predetermined information included in the attribute data and accumulates the print job in the holder generated with the generated film name. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus that manages print jobs, a print job management method, and a print job management program.

  In recent printing apparatuses, when a print job is received from a client PC (personal computer) connected to the printing apparatus, there is an apparatus that stores the print job once in the printing apparatus without immediately executing the print job. In such a printing apparatus, a list of accumulated print jobs is displayed on an operation panel or the like, and a print job execution instruction or deletion instruction is issued for the selected print job.

  Since the printing apparatus as described above needs to manage print jobs, the print jobs are usually stored and managed in a database by a method called DBMS (database management service). When managing a print job with a DBMS, the print job is managed by being divided into print data and attribute data.

For example, Patent Document 1 describes a printer management system that manages print job information using a database.
JP-A-11-167471

  However, when a print job is managed using a DBMS or the like as in the conventional technique, maintenance such as periodic optimization and backup of the database is required. In addition, since the amount of information stored in the database is large, the processing burden on the printing apparatus increases. These problems are particularly serious in relatively small printing apparatuses for home use or the like, and a solution is desired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a printing apparatus and print job capable of efficiently managing print jobs without using a database that requires maintenance or the like. It is an object to provide a management method and a print job management program.

  The present invention employs the following configuration in order to achieve the above object.

  The present invention provides a printing apparatus having a storage device in which a print job is stored, a file name generation unit that generates a file name of the print job based on attribute data included in the print job, Folder creation means for creating a folder for each predetermined data included in the attribute data, and the print job is created by the folder creation means with the file name generated by the file name generation means. The file is stored in the folder corresponding to the file name.

  In the printing apparatus of the present invention, the storage device is divided into a first area and a second area, and the first folder is created by the folder creation unit based on the remaining capacity of the first area. A determination unit configured to determine whether the print job can be stored in the first folder created in the area, and the determination unit cannot store the print job in the first folder; The folder creating means creates a second folder having the same folder name as the first folder in the second area, and the print job is stored in the second folder. It is good also as a structure.

  The printing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a generation unit configured to generate information indicating a storage destination of the print job when the determination unit determines that the print job cannot be stored in the first folder. The information generated by the generating unit may be stored in the first folder.

  In the printing apparatus of the present invention, the file name generation unit uses the attribute data used to generate the file name of the print job as the file name of the information indicating the storage destination of the print job. It is good also as a structure which produces | generates.

  The printing apparatus according to the present invention further includes a list creation unit configured to create a list of the print jobs using information indicating a file name of the print job and / or a storage destination of the print job stored in the first folder. It is good also as a structure to have.

  In the printing apparatus according to the present invention, the predetermined information included in the attribute data may be information indicating a user name who created the print job.

  The present invention relates to a print job management method by a printing apparatus having a storage device in which a print job is stored, and a file for generating a file name of the print job based on attribute data of the print job included in the print job And a folder creation procedure for creating a folder for each predetermined information included in the attribute data in the storage device, and the print job is generated by the file name generation procedure. Thus, the file is created in the folder corresponding to the file name created by the folder creation procedure.

  The present invention relates to a print job management program executed in a printing apparatus having an arithmetic processing device and a storage device in which a print job is stored, and the arithmetic processing device includes an attribute of the print job included in the print job. A file name generation step for generating a file name of the print job based on the data; and a folder creation step for creating a folder for each predetermined information included in the attribute data in the storage device. The job is a program stored in a folder corresponding to the file name created by the folder creation step with the file name created by the file name creation step.

  According to the present invention, print jobs can be efficiently managed without using a database that requires maintenance or the like.

  The present invention includes a file name generation unit that generates a file name of a print job based on attribute data included in the print job, and a folder generation unit that generates a folder for each predetermined information included in the attribute data. By storing the job with the generated file name in a folder corresponding to the file name, the print job is efficiently managed without using a database or the like.

  In particular, the present invention is preferably applied to a printing apparatus that is connected to a client PC or the like via a network or the like and can once store a print job transmitted from the client PC. Further, the present invention does not include a DBMS or the like and is more suitable for a relatively small printing apparatus. Specifically, for example, a laser printer having only a printing function is suitable.

  In the printing apparatus of the present invention, when a print job is received from the client PC, the print job is stored in a storage device such as a hard disk. The printing apparatus executes the print job when an instruction to execute the accumulated print job is given on the operation panel of the printing apparatus. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, the execution of a print job in response to an execution instruction from the operation panel after once accumulating the print job in this way is referred to as “on-demand printing”.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a hardware configuration diagram of a printing apparatus 100 according to the present invention.

  The printing apparatus 100 includes an input device 11, an output device 12, a drive device 13, an auxiliary storage device 14, a memory device 15, an arithmetic processing device 16, an interface device 17, and an operation panel 18 that are mutually connected by a bus B. Is done.

  The input device 11 receives a print job or the like via an interface device 17 described later. The output device 12 includes a plotter and a plotter engine, and is used for executing and outputting a print job. The interface device 17 includes a modem, a LAN card, and the like, and is used for connecting to a network. The operation panel 18 is configured with a touch panel or the like, and is used for operating the printing apparatus 100.

  The print job management program of the present invention is at least a part of various programs that control the printing apparatus 100. The print job management program is provided, for example, by distributing the recording medium 19 or downloading from a network. The recording medium 19 on which the print job management program is recorded includes a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, a portable recording medium such as an SD memory card, a semiconductor memory that electrically records information such as a ROM and a flash memory, etc. Various types of recording media can be used.

  When the recording medium 19 on which the print job management program is recorded is set in the drive device 13, the print job management program is installed from the recording medium 19 to the auxiliary storage device 14 via the drive device 13. The print job management program downloaded from the network is installed in the auxiliary storage device 14 via the interface device 17.

The printing apparatus 100 stores the installed print job management program and stores necessary files, data, and the like. The memory device 15 reads and stores the print job management program from the auxiliary storage device 14 when the computer is activated. The arithmetic processing unit 16 implements various processes as described later according to the print job management program stored in the memory device 15.
(First embodiment)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the printing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.

  When the printing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment receives a print job generated by the client PC 200 or the like connected to the printing apparatus 100, the printing apparatus 100 stores the print job in the hard disk 300 of the printing apparatus 100. The hard disk 300 may be provided, for example, inside the auxiliary storage device 14 shown in FIG.

  The printing apparatus 100 includes a print job reception unit 110 and a print job management unit 120. The print job receiving unit 110 performs processing from receiving a print job to storing it in the hard disk 300. The print job management unit 120 executes various instructions for the print job.

  The print job reception unit 110 includes a print job acquisition unit 111, a file name generation unit 112, a corresponding folder determination unit 113, and a folder creation unit 114. The print job acquisition unit 111 acquires a print job transmitted from the client PC 200. The file name generation unit 112 generates a file name of the print job acquired by the print job acquisition unit 111. File name generation by the file name generation unit 112 will be described later.

  The corresponding folder determination unit 113 determines whether there is a folder in which the print job for which the file name is generated by the file name generation unit 112 is stored. The folder creation unit 114 creates a folder for storing the print job in which the file name is generated. The folder creation by the folder creation unit 114 will be described later.

  The print job management unit 120 includes a display control unit 121, a list creation unit 122, a selection unit 123, a print job acquisition unit 124, and a print job execution unit 125. The display control unit 121 controls display on the operation panel 18. The list creation unit 122 generates a list of print jobs stored in the hard disk 300. Specifically, the list creation unit 122 of the present embodiment creates a print job list using the print job attribute data included in the print job file name stored in the hard disk 300.

  The selection unit 123 selects a print job that has received a selection instruction on the operation panel 18 from the list generated by the list creation unit 122. The print job acquisition unit 124 acquires the print job selected by the selection unit 123 from the hard disk 300. The print job execution unit 125 receives the print job execution instruction from the operation panel 18 and executes the print job acquired by the print job acquisition unit 124.

  Here, generation of a file name by the file name generation unit 112 of the present embodiment will be described. The file name generation unit 112 according to the present exemplary embodiment generates a print job file name by using print job attribute data included in the print job.

  The print job is composed of data to be printed (print data) and attribute data. The attribute data is, for example, user information that generated a print job, job number, spool date / time, number of pages, information indicating whether or not to perform color printing (color information), paper size, document name, and the like. The file name generation unit 112 of the present embodiment generates a print job file name using this attribute data.

  Specifically, for example, the job number of the print job is “100123”, the spool date is “February 8, 2008 10: 2: 40”, the number of pages is “5”, the color is A4 size, and the document name is “testpage”. The file name of the print job is “100123, 20080208100204, 5, color, A4, testpage”.

  Next, creation of a folder by the folder creation unit 114 of this embodiment will be described. The folder creation unit 114 of the present embodiment creates a folder for each predetermined attribute data among the attribute data in the hard disk 300. In the present embodiment, a folder for each user is created in the hard disk 300 based on user information included in the attribute data. In the folders created by the folder creation unit 114, print jobs corresponding to the respective folders are stored. Specifically, for example, a print job having attribute data including user information of user A is stored in the folder of user A.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a state where a print job with a file name is stored in a folder. In FIG. 3, the folders A, B, and C are created by the folder creation unit 114, and a print job to which a file using attribute data is added is stored in the folder of the user A.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, there is no need to manage print data and attribute data separately, for example, as in management in a conventional DBMS or the like. In this embodiment, a folder can be created for each user information included in the attribute data, and a print job including the corresponding user information can be managed for each folder.

  Next, the operation of the printing apparatus 100 of this embodiment will be described. First, the operation of the print job reception unit 110 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the print job reception unit 110 in the printing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.

  When the printing apparatus 100 receives a print job from the client PC 200, the print job acquisition unit 111 acquires the print job (S41). When the print job is acquired by the print job acquisition unit 111, the file name generation unit 112 generates a file name using attribute data included in the print job and assigns the file name to the print job (S42).

  When the file name is given, the corresponding folder determination unit 113 determines whether a folder in which the print job is to be stored has already been created (S43). Specifically, the corresponding folder determination unit 113 determines whether there is a folder corresponding to the user information included in the attribute data included in the print job acquired in S41.

  If there is no corresponding folder in S43, the folder creation unit 114 generates a folder with the user name of the user information included in the attribute data as the folder name (S44). For example, when the user name of the user information included in the attribute data is “user A”, a folder named “user A” is created. When the corresponding folder is created in S45, the print job with the file name is stored in this folder, and the print job is accumulated (S45).

  If the corresponding folder exists in S43, the print job with the file name is stored and accumulated in the corresponding folder (S45).

  Next, the operation of the print job management unit 120 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the print job management unit 120 in the printing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment.

  In the printing apparatus 100, when an on-demand printing instruction is given from the operation panel 18 (S51), the list creation unit 122 accesses the hard disk 300, and prints in a folder in which a print job to be subjected to on-demand printing is stored. A list of jobs is created (S52). When the print job list is created, the display control unit 121 displays the print job list on the operation panel 18 (S53). The folder in which the print job to be subjected to on-demand printing is stored is, for example, a folder with the name of the user who issued the on-demand printing instruction.

  FIG. 6 shows a display example displayed on the operation panel 18. FIG. 6 shows a screen 18 </ b> A in which a print job list is displayed on the operation panel 18.

  For example, in S52, for example, when the user who has issued the on-demand print instruction is the user A, the list creation unit 122 acquires a list of file names stored in the folder “user A”, and prints as shown in FIG. Create a job list. Here, the print job stored in the folder “user A” is given a file name including attribute data of the print job. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is possible to create a list of print jobs including print job attribute data simply by scanning the folder “user A” to obtain the print job file name and displaying the file name.

  Returning to FIG. 5, when a print job is selected from the print job list displayed on the operation panel 18, the selection unit 123 receives this as a print job selection instruction and selects a print job (S54). When a print job is selected, the print job acquisition unit 124 acquires the selected print job from the folder selected in S52 (S55). When the print job is acquired, the print job execution unit 125 executes the print job (S56). When the print job is executed, the print job stored in the folder is automatically deleted.

  The printing apparatus 100 may delete the print job from the folder when receiving an instruction to delete the print job selected in S54.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a file name including print job attribute data is assigned to a print job. A corresponding print job is stored in a folder created for each user name included in the attribute data. According to this configuration, it is possible to efficiently manage print jobs without using a DBMS or the like.

In the present embodiment, the folder creation unit 114 creates a folder for each user name, but the present invention is not limited to this. The folder creation unit 114 may create a folder for each predetermined data serving as a key using the predetermined data included in the attribute data as a key. For example, the folder generation unit 114 may generate a folder for each date. In this case, each folder stores a print job including the date corresponding to the attribute data. At this time, it is preferable that the predetermined data as a key is set in the printing apparatus 100 in advance. )
(Second embodiment)
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The second embodiment of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that a case where a hard disk 300A in which a print job is stored is divided into a plurality of partitions is considered. Therefore, in the following description of the second embodiment, the same reference numerals as those used in the description of the first embodiment are assigned to those having the same functional configuration as the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. To do.

  In this embodiment, when the main main partition runs out of capacity, link information indicating a print job storage destination is generated, and this link information is stored in a folder created in the main partition. The print job entity is stored and accumulated in a folder created in another partition.

  In this embodiment, with this configuration, even when the hard disk 300A is divided into a plurality of partitions, a print job can be accumulated without being aware of the capacity of each partition.

  FIG. 7 is a functional configuration diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the printing apparatus 100A according to the second embodiment.

  The printing apparatus 100A according to the present embodiment includes a print job reception unit 110A and a print job management unit 120A.

  The print job reception unit 110A includes a main partition determination unit 115, a partition capacity determination unit 116, a link generation unit 117, and a storage control unit 118 in addition to the units included in the print job reception unit 110 of the first embodiment.

  The main partition discriminating unit 115 discriminates the main partition set as the main partition in the hard disk 300A. The partition capacity determination unit 116 determines whether a print job can be stored in the main partition. Specifically, the partition capacity determination unit 116 detects the remaining capacity of the main partition and determines whether the print job acquired by the print job acquisition unit 111 can be stored in a folder created in the main partition.

  When the print job cannot be stored in the main partition, the link generation unit 117 generates link information indicating the storage location of the actual print job. A storage control unit 118 controls storage of a print job. Specifically, the storage control unit 118 stores the print job in another appropriate partition when the partition capacity determination unit 116 determines that the print job cannot be stored in the main partition. Details of print job storage control will be described later.

  The print job management unit 120A includes an entity determination unit 126, a link tracking unit 127, and a link deletion unit 128 in addition to the units included in the print job management unit 120 of the first embodiment.

  The entity determination unit 126 determines whether the file stored in the main partition is the entity of the print job. The main partition stores either or both of the print job entity and the print job link information with a file name including print job attribute data. The entity determination unit 126 determines whether the information stored in the main partition is a print job entity or link information.

  The link tracking unit 127 traces the storage location of the actual print job based on the link information stored in the main partition. The link deletion unit 128 deletes the link information generated by the link generation unit 117 after the print job is executed.

  The hard disk 300A of this embodiment is provided in the auxiliary storage device 14, for example. In this embodiment, the hard disk 300A is divided into a partition A and a partition B, and the partition A is a main partition.

  The operation of the printing apparatus 100A of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the operation of the print job reception unit 110A of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the print job reception unit 110A according to the second embodiment.

  The processes in S81 and S82 in FIG. 8 are the same as S41 and S42 in FIG. 4 described in the first embodiment. When the file name of the print job is generated in the printing apparatus 100A, the main partition determination unit 115 determines the partition set as the main partition in the hard disk 300A. In this embodiment, it is determined that the partition A is the main partition. The processes of S84 and S85 are the same as the processes of S43 and S44 of FIG.

  When the folder in which the print job is to be stored is determined in S84 or S85, the partition capacity determination unit 116 detects the remaining capacity of the partition A and determines whether the print job can be stored in the folder in the partition A. (S86).

  In S86, when the partition capacity determination unit 116 determines that the remaining capacity of the partition A is sufficient and the actual print job can be stored, the print job is stored and accumulated in a corresponding folder in the partition A. (S87).

  In S86, if the partition capacity determination unit 116 determines that the remaining capacity of the partition A is insufficient and the print job entity cannot be stored, the link generation unit 117 stores the print job entity. Link information indicating the destination is generated, and this link information is stored in a corresponding folder of partition A, which is the main partition. Specifically, the link generation unit 117 assigns an identifier or the like indicating link information to the file name generated in S82 to obtain link information. Therefore, the link information includes print job attribute data.

  When link information is generated in S88, the folder creation unit 114 creates a folder for storing the substance of the print job in a partition other than the main partition (S89). In this embodiment, it is assumed that a print job is stored in partition B when partition A, which is the main partition, runs out of capacity. Therefore, the folder creation unit 114 creates a folder in the partition B. At this time, the folder creation unit 114 creates a folder in the partition B using the user name included in the attribute data of the print job as the folder name, similarly to the folder creation processing in S85. That is, the folder created in the partition B is created with the same name as the folder name created in the partition A.

  When a folder is created in the partition B, the storage control unit 118 stores and accumulates the actual print job in the folder created in the partition B (S90).

  In the printing apparatus 100A of the present embodiment, it is preferable that a partition to be used is set in advance when the main partition runs out of capacity. For example, in this embodiment, it is preferable to set the partition used when the capacity of the partition A becomes insufficient as the partition B.

  Hereinafter, the case where folders are created in the partition A and the partition B will be further described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating that folders are created in the partition A and the partition B.

  In FIG. 9, folders “user A”, “user B”, and “user C” are created in the partition A. Similarly, in the partition B, folders “user A”, “user B”, and “user C” are created.

  Here, for example, when the printing apparatus 100A acquires a print job to be stored in the folder “user A”, if the partition A has insufficient capacity, only the link information is stored in the folder “user A” in the partition A. Stored. The entity of the print job is stored in the folder “user A” in the partition B.

  Since the print job reception unit 110A according to the present embodiment stores print jobs in this way, the print job can be stored without being aware of the partition capacity or the like.

  Next, the operation of the print job management unit 120A of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the print job management unit 120A in the printing apparatus 100A of the second embodiment.

  In the printing apparatus 100A of this embodiment, when receiving an on-demand printing instruction from the operation panel 18 (S101), the list creation unit 122 accesses the partition A and stores a print job to be subjected to on-demand printing. A list of print jobs is created (S102). Therefore, the list created by the list creation unit 122 of this embodiment is a list of information stored in a folder in the partition A, which is the main partition.

  Note that the list creation unit 122 of this embodiment does not determine whether what is stored in the folder is the substance of the print job or the link information of the print job, and based on the file name stored in the folder, Create a list.

  In this embodiment, since the file name generated from the attribute data similar to the file name of the print job is given to the link information, the list creation unit 122 prints including the attribute data only by scanning the folder. A list of jobs can be created. Since the processing of S103 and S104 is the same as S53 and S54 of FIG. 5 described in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  When a print job is selected in S104, the entity determination unit 126 determines whether or not the selected print job is a print job entity (S105). Specifically, the entity determination unit 126 determines whether the folder of the partition A stores the entity of the selected print job or the link information of the selected print job.

  If it is determined in S105 that the actual print job is stored in the partition A folder, the print job acquisition unit 124 acquires the print job from the partition A (S106). Then, the print job execution unit 125 executes the acquired print job (S107).

  If it is determined in S105 that the link information of the print job is stored in the folder of the partition A, the link tracking unit 127 traces the storage location of the actual print job based on the link information (S108). When the storage location of the print job entity is known, the print job acquisition unit 124 acquires the print job entity (S109). Then, the print job acquired by the print job execution unit 125 is executed (S110). When the print job is executed, the link deletion unit 128 deletes the link information of the executed print job from the folder of the partition A (S111).

  In this embodiment, when the deletion information of the selected print job is received in S104, if the link information of the selected print job is generated, the actual print job and the link information are deleted. did.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even when the hard disk 300A is divided into a plurality of partitions, it is possible to store and manage print jobs without considering the capacity of the partitions.

  In addition, the printing apparatus 100A according to the present embodiment scans only the main partition, and if the print job entity is not in the main partition, the print job entity can be acquired simply by following the link information. Therefore, it is not necessary to scan all the partitions in the hard disk 300A, the substance of the print job can be acquired quickly, and the processing load on the printing apparatus 100A can be reduced. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to efficiently manage print jobs without using a database that requires maintenance or the like.

  In this embodiment, the example in which the hard disk 300A is divided into two partitions has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the hard disk 300A may be divided into three partitions A, B, and C. In this case, if partition A, which is the main partition, runs out of capacity, the print job entity is stored in partition B, and if partition B runs out of capacity, the print job instance is stored in partition C. May be.

  In this case, it is preferable that the order in which the print job entities are stored in the printing apparatus 100A is set in advance. In the above example, for example, the partition in which the print job entity is stored first is partition A, the partition in which the print job entity is stored next is partition B, the next is partition C, and so on. In this case, the link information of the print job is stored only in partition A, which is the main partition.

  As mentioned above, although this invention has been demonstrated based on each embodiment, this invention is not limited to the requirements shown in the said embodiment. With respect to these points, the gist of the present invention can be changed without departing from the scope of the present invention, and can be appropriately determined according to the application form.

It is an example of the hardware block diagram of the printing apparatus 100 of this invention. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the printing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a state where a print job with a file name is stored in a folder. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print job reception unit 110 in the printing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print job management unit 120 in the printing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example displayed on an operation panel 18. FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of 100 A of printing apparatuses of 2nd embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print job reception unit 110A according to the second embodiment. It is a conceptual diagram explaining that the folder was created in the partition A and the partition B. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a print job management unit 120A in the printing apparatus 100A of the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

100, 100A Printing device 110, 110A Print job reception unit 111, 124 Print job acquisition unit 112 File name generation unit 113 Corresponding folder determination unit 114 Folder creation unit 115 Primary partition determination unit 116 Partition capacity determination unit 117 Link generation unit 118 Storage control Unit 120, 120A print job management unit 121 display control unit 122 list creation unit 123 selection unit 125 print job execution unit 126 entity determination unit 127 link tracking unit 128 link deletion unit

Claims (8)

In a printing apparatus having a storage device in which a print job is stored,
File name generation means for generating a file name of the print job based on attribute data included in the print job;
Folder creation means for creating a folder for each predetermined data included in the attribute data in the storage device;
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print job is stored in a folder corresponding to the file name created by the folder creating unit with a file name generated by the file name generating unit. The storage device is divided into a first area and a second area,
Determination means for determining whether the print job can be stored in the first folder created in the first area by the folder creation means based on the remaining capacity of the first area;
When the determination unit determines that the print job cannot be stored in the first folder,
The folder creating means creates a second folder having the same folder name as the first folder in the second area,
The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print job is stored in the second folder. When the determination unit determines that the print job cannot be stored in the first folder, the generation unit generates information indicating a storage destination of the print job;
The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information generated by the generation unit is stored in the first folder. The file name generating means
4. The printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a file name is generated using the attribute data used to generate a file name of the print job as a file name of information indicating a storage destination of the print job. .   2. A list creation unit that creates a list of the print jobs by using a file name of the print job and / or information indicating a storage destination of the print job stored in the first folder. 4. The printing apparatus according to 4.   6. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information included in the attribute data is information indicating a name of a user who created the print job. A print job management method by a printing apparatus having a storage device for storing a print job,
A file name generation procedure for generating a file name of the print job based on attribute data of the print job included in the print job;
A folder creation procedure for creating a folder for each predetermined information included in the attribute data in the storage device,
The print job management method, wherein the print job is stored in a folder corresponding to the file name created by the folder creation procedure with the file name created by the file name creation procedure. A print job management program executed in a printing apparatus having an arithmetic processing unit and a storage device in which a print job is stored,
In the arithmetic processing unit,
A file name generating step for generating a file name of the print job based on the attribute data of the print job included in the print job;
A folder creation step of creating a folder for each predetermined information included in the attribute data in the storage device;
The print job management program, wherein the print job is stored in a folder corresponding to the file name created by the folder creation step with the file name created by the file name creation step.

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