JOB PROCESSOR AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel job processor in which a job that the job processor, e.g. a printer, is receiving becomes a target of job change.SOLUTION: The job processor includes a reception unit 21 which receives jobs, a job management unit 23 which holds the received jobs and manages the processing order of multiple jobs thus held, a job processing unit 24 which processes multiple jobs according to the processing order, and an acceptance unit 26 which accepts a request of changing the processing order in which a first job that the reception unit is receiving is processed before a predetermined second job among the held job. The job management unit 23 changes the processing order when the acceptance unit 26 accepts a request of changing the processing order. When the turn of the job processing unit 24 to process the second job comes before the processing order is changed in response to a request of changing the processing order, processing by the job processing unit 24 is stopped and the processing order is changed.