JP2000076083A - Job execution controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily stop the desired job and further to suppress the throughput drop of the other jobs even in the environment of parallelly executing plural jobs. SOLUTION: A stop key processing setting storage table 24 stores setting concerning the kind of jobs to be stopped on no condition when a stop key is operated, the kind of jobs to be temporarily stopped and the kind of jobs to be continuously executed as they are. When the stop key is operated, the stop set jobs are stopped and the jobs, to which the continuation of execution is set, are continuously executed. The jobs, to which temporary stop is set, are displayed on a list and selected one by one or simultaneously and afterwards, stop or restart is instructed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a job execution control device suitable for use in a document processing device having a plurality of functions such as a digital copying machine, a printer, a facsimile, and an image file device. The present invention relates to a technique for stopping a process in accordance with a user instruction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a document processing apparatus (hereinafter, also referred to as a multifunction peripheral) having a plurality of functions such as a digital copying machine, a printer, a facsimile, and an image file device has been provided. Particularly in recent MFPs, an environment is provided in which multiple jobs can be executed in parallel, and multiple jobs can be executed at the same time, such as storing documents during document printing and communicating with external devices during document printing. Operate.

[0003] By the way, in such a multifunction peripheral, usually,
Has an operation function to stop the job. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 8-6745 proposes a method in which all jobs are paused (paused) at a time, one is selected, the job is canceled, and the remaining jobs are automatically restarted thereafter. I have. In this method, all jobs are temporarily stopped for the time being, which is convenient for urgently stopping jobs. However, in this method, since all jobs are paused at once, even jobs that normally should not be paused (for example, reception of a facsimile) are temporarily stopped, which causes a problem.
In an apparatus that executes a plurality of jobs at the same time,
A job that does not require a pause or a job that does not require a pause is paused, and the productivity of the entire document processing apparatus is reduced. Further, in this method, since only one job can be canceled by a series of operations of temporary stop and cancellation, in order to interrupt a plurality of jobs, the user is forced to perform the same operation a plurality of times. Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, when the user requests to stop a job, for example, a plurality of jobs that are operating at the same time in a job status check or the like are displayed without stopping, and the jobs are displayed. , A job to be stopped is selected, a stop key is pressed for the selected job, and the job is stopped. With this method, it is not necessary to pause a job for which no pause is desired or unnecessary. However, according to this method, a list of active jobs is displayed, and the job progresses indiscriminately until a job to be canceled is searched for from a plurality of displayed jobs and the job is canceled. Even if there is, it can not be stopped immediately. Therefore, for example, even when it is desired to cancel a job being printed, useless paper discharge cannot be avoided.

[0004] In the description of the present specification, the document processing apparatus is not limited to a stand-alone document processing apparatus.
It also includes a document processing device that is realized in a network environment by disposing at least a part of components on a network. In addition, as a part of the components, resources distributed on a network such as a personal computer, a workstation, and an intelligent terminal or resources connected to the document processing apparatus main body via a cable can be used.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily interrupt a job and not to unnecessarily reduce the throughput of the job. The purpose is.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a job execution control device capable of executing a plurality of jobs in parallel is provided with a condition of a job to be temporarily stopped. Means for suspending a job satisfying the above condition in response to a predetermined event; means for displaying the suspended job; and one or more jobs among the displayed jobs. A means for specifying is provided.

In this configuration, since only the job to be temporarily stopped is temporarily stopped, the problem that the job is unnecessarily temporarily stopped can be avoided.

In this configuration, the job execution control device may further include means for canceling the specified job. In this case, the suspended job is selected and canceled, so that the job can be quickly canceled.

The job execution control device may further include a means for resuming the specified job.

[0010] The condition of the job to be suspended may be specified by the type of the job or by the parameters of the job.

Further, the means for displaying the suspended job may display only the suspended job, or may display a job other than the suspended job.

The predetermined event may be a user's instruction input operation, or may be another event. For example, remote control may be used.
The instruction input operation may be an operation on a predetermined key.

The job execution control device may further include means for setting, in addition to the conditions of the job to be suspended, additional conditions for suspending the job. The additional condition can be defined by a background job or a foreground job of the job.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the first condition that a job to be unconditionally canceled in response to a predetermined event is satisfied, Means for storing a second condition satisfied by a job suspended in response to an event; means for canceling a job satisfying the first condition in response to the predetermined event; Means for temporarily suspending a job satisfying the second condition, means for displaying at least the suspended job, and means for designating at least one job from the displayed jobs and suspending or resuming the job. It is provided.

In this configuration, the same effect as described above can be achieved. In addition, by previously determining the first condition to be stopped unconditionally, a desired stop process can be performed more quickly.

Further, according to the present invention, means for setting a condition which is satisfied by a job which is unconditionally stopped in response to a predetermined event in the job execution control device, and a job which satisfies the set condition, Means for stopping in response to a predetermined event is provided.

Also in this configuration, a desired stop process can be performed more quickly by preliminarily determining a condition for unconditionally stopping.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a job execution control device capable of executing a plurality of jobs in parallel has a touch panel function and transmits information on one job. Display means for displaying, means for displaying a button for instructing the display means to cancel a job, means for canceling the one job when a touch operation is performed on the button display, A predetermined key provided in a portion other than the display unit, a unit for storing a condition of a job to be paused, and a unit for temporarily suspending a job satisfying the condition when the predetermined key is operated. It is provided.

In this configuration, a means for canceling the job displayed on the display means and a key generally mounted for canceling the job are separately provided. Can be stopped without lowering the job, and the desired job can be stopped immediately.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the job execution control device stores a condition of a job to be temporarily stopped, and the job execution control device stores the job condition in response to a predetermined event. There are provided means for suspending a job, means for displaying the suspended job, and means for specifying one or more jobs among the displayed jobs.

In this configuration as well, as described above, only the job to be suspended is temporarily suspended, so that the problem of unnecessary suspension of the job can be avoided.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a means for storing the attribute of the job to be temporarily stopped in the job execution control device, and the stored attribute is stored in response to a predetermined event. Means for suspending a job having the following, means for displaying the suspended job, and means for suspending one or more of the suspended jobs.

In this configuration, the temporary stop processing is selectively performed based on not only the job type but also various job attributes (for example, processing amount, cost) and the like. Can be stopped, and a desired job can be stopped quickly.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a means for storing a condition of a job to be temporarily stopped in the job execution control device, and the job execution control device stores the job condition in response to a predetermined event. Means for suspending a job, means for notifying an instruction device of at least the identifier of the suspended job, and means for canceling one or more jobs of the suspended job designated by the instruction device Are provided. In this case, the instruction device is connected to the main body of the job execution control device via a network (LAN,
(WAN) or a computer system such as a personal computer or a workstation connected by a cable.

In this configuration as well, the job can be stopped without lowering the throughput as described above, and the desired job can be stopped quickly.

[0026]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows a document processing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention as a whole. In FIG. 1, an operation display section 11, an image reading section 12, an image processing section 13, an image forming section 14, an image output section The section 15, the nonvolatile memory 16, the volatile memory 17, the network control section 18, and the communication control section 19 are connected to the bus 20. A main control unit 21 is also connected to the bus 20, and each unit is controlled by the main control unit 21. The non-volatile memory 16 stores the image storage unit 2
2. The job management table 23 and the stop key processing setting storage table 24 are configured. The volatile memory 17 constitutes a working memory 25.

The operation display section 11 receives input operations from the user and performs various displays.
The image reading section 12 optically scans a document to generate electronic image data. The image storage unit 22 stores image data to be processed. The image processing unit 13 performs synthesis, conversion, and the like of image data. The image forming unit 14 creates a hard copy from image data by, for example, an electrostatic recording (xerographic) technique. The image discharging unit 15 guides and discharges the hard copy generated by the image forming unit 14 to a tray or the like. If necessary, functions such as sorting can be added.

The network control unit 18 connects to a network. The communication control unit 19 connects to a telephone line.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, each component of the document processing device 10 is mounted on a stand-alone device. However, a part or all of the components are distributed over a network to implement the document processing system. You may make it implement | achieve. For example, the operation display unit 11 may be implemented using a computer system such as a personal computer arranged on a network or a cable connection destination. In this case, the computer system and the document processing apparatus exchange data via a network or a cable. The computer system sends an instruction to the main body of the document processing apparatus using a job identifier, for example, a job ID (FIG. 4) assigned to job information described later.

The document processing apparatus 10 performs four types of jobs: copy, printer, scanner, and facsimile.

The copy job is a process for optically reading a document and creating a copy thereof, and is a well-known process. The job of the printer is a process for printing document data sent via a network. The facsimile job is a process of printing facsimile data transmitted via a telephone line and transmitting predetermined image data as facsimile data to the outside via a telephone line. These are also well-known jobs.

The job of the scanner is a process of storing image data generated by optically reading a document in a file (also referred to as scan-to-file or document storage). The file is stored in a predetermined storage location of the document processing apparatus main body (scan-to-mail box) or stored in an external computer (scan-to-server). Which external computer stores the file can be specified by the job template. In the former case, the user accesses the file in the document processing apparatus main body. In the latter case, the user of the external computer accesses the external computer to use the file.

FIG. 2 shows the appearance of the operation display unit 11. FIG. 3 illustrates the role and name of each unit of the operation display unit 11.

In FIG. 2, various buttons and the like are provided on the front right side of the operation display section 11. A liquid crystal display device 50 with a touch panel function is provided mainly on the left side of the front surface.

Buttons include a start button 51, a stop button 52, a reset button 53, a power saving button 5
4, a clear button 55, an interrupt button 56, a numeric keypad / symbol key button 57, a specification setting button 58, a job confirmation button 59, a menu button 60, and the like.

The start button 51 is for starting a job specified by the user. Stop button 52
Stops the job, and plays a particularly important role in this embodiment. The reset button 53 is used to release all set values in the mode and return to the default values. The power saving button 54 switches the document processing apparatus to the power saving mode or returns from the power saving mode. The clear button 55 is for canceling the input value in the numerical value input mode. The interrupt button 56 is for executing an interrupt job or returning from the interrupt job to the immediately preceding job. The interruption state is indicated by the light emitting diode 56a. Numeric key buttons / symbol key buttons 57 are used to input numerical values and the like. The specification setting button 58 is for setting the configuration of the document processing apparatus. The specification setting button 58 also plays a particularly important role in this embodiment, similarly to the above-described stop button 51, and related operations will be described later in detail. The job confirmation button 59 is used to display a job status confirmation screen on the liquid crystal display device 50. The menu button 60 is for displaying a menu screen on the liquid crystal display device.

The user presses the menu button 60 to display a menu screen, sets the job type and job parameters using the menu screen and numeric keys, and then presses the start key 51 to execute the job to the document processing apparatus. To instruct. Job information is generated for the designated job, and the job information is stored in the job management table 2
3 is held. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the job management table 23 includes a job ID, a related file number, a job type, and various job parameters for each job. The job management method is the same as the conventional one, and will not be particularly described.

FIG. 5 shows the contents of the stop key processing setting storage table 24 of FIG. 1, and defines what processing is performed when the stop key 52 is pressed for each job type. . In this example, when the stop key 52 is pressed, the document accumulation job, the copy job, and the net reception job are temporarily stopped, the net transmission is kept as it is, and the document print job is stopped. In addition,
Facsimile transmission and facsimile reception are not particularly shown, but can be similarly defined. Of course, the facsimile transmission and the facsimile reception may be configured so that the user cannot change the configuration, and may not be able to set the stop key processing setting storage table 24.

Further, in the example of FIG. 5, the processing at the time of operating the stop key (pause, stop, do nothing) is defined for each job type. In short, each processing and the processing for performing each processing are defined. What is necessary is just to correspond with a condition. This condition
As described above, it may be defined by the job type, or may be defined by other attributes of the job, for example, job parameters. Alternatively, the processing amount, cost, and processing time may be calculated based on the job parameters, and the calculated processing amount, cost, and processing time may be compared with a predetermined threshold to select a corresponding process. In the case of a print job, the number of executed pages and the number of unexecuted pages may be used as parameters to select whether to temporarily stop, stop, or execute as is.

Further, in the example of FIG. 5, three processings, that is, pause, stop, and "do nothing", are adopted. Is also good.

Next, the setting of the stop key processing setting storage table 24 of FIG. 5 will be described.

The setting of the stop key processing setting storage table 24 is performed by operating the specification setting button 58 of FIG. Hereinafter, the stop key processing setting operation will be described. 6 and 7 show a stop key processing setting operation. In these figures, when the user requests the stop processing setting (S11), the processing from step S12 is performed. The request for the stop processing setting is made by, for example, pressing the specification setting button 58 to display a specification setting menu on the liquid crystal display device 50 and selecting an entry of the stop key processing setting.

First, the current contents of the stop key processing setting storage table 24 in the nonvolatile memory are stored in the working memory 25.
To prepare for the setting operation (S12). Further, a setting window (FIG. 12) is opened, and the current setting values are displayed (S13, S14). Thereafter, actions are set for a document accumulation job, a copy job, a document print job, a network transmission job, and a network reception job based on a user operation (S20 in FIG. 7).
To S29). The set value is displayed on the window (S1
4). If the set value is desired, the user operates a “close” button (S15). In response, the setting value of the working memory 25 is stored in the stop key processing setting storage table 24 of the nonvolatile memory 16, and at the same time, the setting window is closed (S18, S19).

If the set value is not the desired one, the user operates the "cancel" button. In response, the value temporarily stored in the corresponding area of the working memory 25 is discarded, and the setting window is closed (S1).
6, S17, S19).

FIGS. 12 and 13 schematically show the above-described stop key processing setting operation. Initially, the value of the stop key processing setting is as shown in FIG.
In this example, a "stop (delete)" button, a "pause" button, and a "do nothing" button are provided in a line for each job type, and the set values are highlighted. For example, for a document storage job, the "Pause" button is highlighted,
It can be seen that "pause" is set. The user makes a selection by operating the button of the desired set value as shown in FIG. When the selection matches the user's desire, the user operates the “close” button to close the setting window and end the setting process. If the user does not want to perform the setting, the user operates the “cancel” button to end the setting process.

Next, processing when the stop key 52 is pressed will be described. 8 to 11 are flowcharts showing the operation at this time, and FIGS. 12 and 13 schematically show the operation at this time.

In FIGS. 8 and 9, first, when any key is pressed, a key operation is detected and processing corresponding to the key operation is executed (S31, S32). Hereinafter, a case where the operation of the stop key is detected will be described in detail. When the operation of the stop key is detected, first, the first job information of the job management unit is referred to (S31, S3).
3) Then, in steps S34 to S44, processing is performed on the job. In steps S34 to S44 and thereafter, the job information of the job management unit is sequentially applied to the end (S45, S46). In steps S34 and S35, when the target job is a document storage job, the set processing is performed. In this example, a temporary stop is performed (FIG. 5). The details of the temporary stop will be described later with reference to FIGS. Similarly, when the target job is a copy job, the job is temporarily stopped (S37, S38,
(Fig. 5). If the target job is document printing, the job is canceled (S39, S40, FIG. 5). If the target job is network transmission, nothing is done (S41, S42, FIG. 5). If the target job is a network reception, the job is suspended (S4
3, S44, FIG. 5).

When the above processing is completed for all jobs, processing for the suspended job is performed (S4).
5).

Next, the operation when the job is temporarily stopped will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
11 and 11, a new window is first opened to display a list of suspended jobs (FIG. 14) (S4).
7). Then, the automatic restart timer is started (S48). The automatic restart timer can prevent the pause state from being left. When a job is selected from the list, an operation window for the job is displayed. In this window,
A "stop (delete)" button and a "resume" button are provided so that the corresponding process can be selected (S49, S49).
50). Then, at this time, the automatic restart timer is restarted (S51).

Thereafter, when the "Cancel (Delete)" button is operated (S52, S53, S54), the selected job is canceled. That is, the job is deleted from the job management unit, and the related file is deleted from the image storage unit (S55).

When the "Resume" button is operated, the selected job is resumed (S57, S5).
8).

After canceling the job or resuming the job as described above, it is determined whether or not a suspended job remains in the list of the suspended jobs, and if not, the process is terminated (S56). For example, after restarting the automatic restart timer, the operation window of the job for which processing has been completed is closed and a list of suspended jobs is displayed (S56, S59, S59).
60). Then, the process returns to step S49.

On the other hand, in step S53, "close"
When the button is operated, all the suspended jobs are resumed and the window of the suspended job list is closed (S62, S63). Also, when the key is not operated and the automatic restart timer times out, the process proceeds to step S63, where the job that has been temporarily stopped is restarted,
Close the list window (S61, S62, S6
3).

FIG. 14 shows a state in which three jobs (copy, document storage, and net reception) are temporarily stopped by pressing the stop key. The job for which cancellation is set has been canceled at this point. In addition, the status of a job set to do nothing proceeds as it is.

In FIG. 14, the user selects the job of "net reception". Then, FIG.
The operation window of "NET RECEIVE" is displayed as shown in FIG. Here the user is "resume" or "stop (delete)"
Is selected to execute the process corresponding to the “net reception” job. Thus, the job of “net reception” is released from the suspended state, and the remaining “copy” and “document storage” jobs are displayed in the suspended list window.

This is the end of the description of the embodiment. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Hereinafter, modified examples of the embodiment will be described.

FIG. 16 shows an example in which a facsimile job when the stop key is pressed is set. In this example, the setting of the facsimile job is set separately from other job types. We did not set the pause option for facsimile jobs. This is because pausing in the operation of the facsimile is the same as stopping.

FIG. 17 shows an example in which the setting of a facsimile job can be performed on the same screen as the setting of other job types.

FIG. 18 is a diagram in which the range to which the value of the step key processing setting is applied can be defined. That is, the application range can be changed depending on whether the job is in the foreground or not. Here, the foreground job is a job whose execution state is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 50. A foreground job can be said to be the process that is most familiar to a user who directly operates the front of the document processing apparatus 10. In FIG. 18, when “foreground only” is instructed, only foreground processing is stopped, suspended, or continued in accordance with the contents of the stop key processing setting storage table. "All Jobs"
Is selected, the background job is also processed according to the contents of the stop key processing setting storage table. If the user in front of the document processing apparatus 10 is valued, "all jobs" will be selected. In this case, the user selects whether to suspend or resume the background suspended job. Conversely, emphasizing the remote user would select "foreground". In this case, the user at the front of the apparatus cannot control the background job even by pressing the stop key.

FIG. 19 shows a state where the status of a job being executed is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 50, and a key for stopping the job is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 50.
In this case, the job whose execution status is displayed is a foreground job, and is the job closest to the user operating on the front of the document processing apparatus 10. The user can intuitively understand that the stop key is related to this foreground job, and as a result, can operate this key to stop the foreground job in a user-friendly manner.

FIG. 20 to FIG. 23 show that all jobs can be selected with the “select all” button in the list of suspended jobs so that restart or cancellation can be performed collectively. In FIG. 22, FIG. 14 and FIG.
In the same manner as described above, restart and stop are individually set. In FIG. 22, the "select all" button is operated to perform restart and stop collectively. Alternatively, after operating the “select all” button, individual jobs may be selected and operated to release the selection, and the remaining jobs may be collectively resumed or stopped.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, the condition of a job to be temporarily stopped according to a predetermined event is specified, so that the job is unnecessarily temporarily stopped and the throughput is reduced. Can be avoided, and the stop processing can be performed quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention as a whole.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of an operation display unit 11 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating each unit of an operation display unit 11 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a job management table according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing contents of a stop key processing setting storage table of the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a stop key process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a stop key process according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart mainly illustrating processing when a stop key is pressed.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart mainly illustrating a process when a stop key is pressed.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed on a list of suspended jobs.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed on a list of suspended jobs.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram mainly illustrating a process when a stop key is pressed.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram mainly illustrating a process when a stop key is pressed.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating processing performed on a list of suspended jobs.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram illustrating processing performed on a list of suspended jobs.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a modification of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Document processing apparatus 11 Operation display part 12 Image reading part 13 Image processing part 14 Image formation part 15 Image discharge part 16 Nonvolatile memory 17 Volatile memory 18 Network control part 19 Communication control part 20 Bus 21 Main control part 22 Image storage part 23 Job Management Table 24 Stop Key Processing Setting Storage Table 25 Working Memory 50 Liquid Crystal Display 51 Start Button 52 Stop Button 53 Reset Button 54 Power Saving Button 55 Clear Button 56 Interruption Button 57 Numeric Keypad / Symbol Key Button 58 Specification Setting Button 59 Job Confirm button 60 Menu button

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Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A job execution control device capable of executing a plurality of jobs in parallel, comprising: means for setting a condition of a job to be temporarily stopped; and a job satisfying the condition according to a predetermined event. A job execution control device comprising: means for suspending; means for displaying the suspended job; and means for identifying one or more jobs among the displayed jobs. 2. The job execution control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for canceling the specified job. 3. The job execution control device according to claim 1, further comprising means for restarting the specified job. 4. The job execution control device according to claim 1, wherein the condition of the job to be suspended is specified by a type of the job. 5. The job condition to be suspended is specified by a job parameter.
Or the job execution control device according to 3. 6. The job execution control device according to claim 1, wherein the means for displaying the suspended job displays only the suspended job. 7. The job execution control device according to claim 1, wherein the means for displaying the suspended job also displays a job other than the suspended job. 8. The job execution control device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined event is a user instruction input operation. 9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting an additional condition for suspending the job in addition to the condition of the job to be suspended.
6. The job execution control device according to 6, 7, or 8. 10. The job execution control device according to claim 9, wherein the additional condition is defined by whether the job is a background job or a foreground job. 11. A means for storing a first condition that is satisfied by a job that is unconditionally stopped in response to a predetermined event, and a second condition that is satisfied by a job that is temporarily stopped in response to the predetermined event; Means for suspending a job satisfying the first condition in response to the predetermined event; means for suspending a job satisfying the second condition in response to the predetermined event; And a means for displaying at least one of the displayed jobs and a means for designating at least one of the displayed jobs and suspending or resuming the job. And means for setting a condition to be satisfied by a job which is unconditionally stopped in response to a predetermined event, and means for stopping a job which satisfies the set condition in response to the predetermined event. A job execution control device, characterized in that: 13. A job execution control device capable of executing a plurality of jobs in parallel, comprising: a display unit having a touch panel function and displaying information on one job; and instructing the display unit to stop the job. Means for displaying a button for performing the operation, means for canceling the one job when a touch operation is performed on the button display, predetermined keys provided in a portion other than the display means, A job execution control device comprising: means for storing a condition of a job to be stopped; and means for temporarily stopping a job satisfying the condition when the predetermined key is operated. 14. A means for storing a condition of a job to be suspended, a means for suspending the stored job in response to a predetermined event, a means for displaying the suspended job, Means for specifying one or a plurality of jobs among the displayed jobs. 15. A means for storing an attribute of a job to be suspended, a means for suspending a job having the stored attribute in response to a predetermined event, and a means for displaying the suspended job. Means for canceling one or more jobs among the suspended jobs. 16. A means for storing conditions of a job to be suspended, a means for temporarily suspending the stored job in response to a predetermined event, and at least an identifier of the suspended job to an instruction device. A job execution control device comprising: means for notifying; and means for canceling one or a plurality of jobs designated by the instruction device among the suspended jobs.