According to the present invention, a printer connected to a network, comprises a search instruction unit for searching for a print job which satisfies specified conditions from among print jobs executed or scheduled to be executed by another printer connected to the network; a job acquisition instruction unit for acquiring all or a part of print jobs that satisfy the conditions, from the another printer to the printer; and an execution unit for executing the acquired print job; wherein the conditions are capable of specifying the identifier of a user who is a print job owner and the status of the print jobs executed or scheduled to be executed by the another printer.