Printing apparatus and control program updating method
AssigneeOki Data Corporation
InventorHisashi Iwai
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Abstract
A printing apparatus which obtains, through a network, updating data for an updating process to update a control program for executing a printing process on the basis of print data has: a confirming unit which confirms its own operating state when the updating data is obtained; and an updating processing unit which starts the updating process in accordance with a confirmation result of the confirming unit. An evil associated with the updating of firmware can be prevented.
Claims18
A printing apparatus which obtains, through a network, updating data for an updating process to update a control program for executing a printing process on the basis of print data, comprising:
- a confirming unit which confirms its own operating state when said updating data is obtained;
- and
- an updating processing unit which starts said updating process in accordance with a confirmation result of said confirming unit.
An updating method of a control program which obtains, through a network, updating data for an updating process to update a control program for executing a printing process on the basis of print data, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining said updating data;
- confirming its own operating state;
- and
- starting said updating process in accordance with a confirmation result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.