1. An apparatus for processing data transfer jobs, comprising: a first memory that inputs and stores data for each of a plurality of jobs, and transfers the data for each of the plurality of jobs to an output device; a second memory: a controller that, when a transfer of data from the first memory has ended for a given job, stores history information for the given job in the second memory; and an interface circuit that receives a status inquiry and forwards the status inquiry to the controller, wherein upon receipt of the status inquiry, the controller retrieves the history information from the second memory, and sends the retrieved history information to the interface circuit.