Image forming apparatus and method of setting updating information both of which being for executing firmware updating with external equipment connected

摘要

To provide a technique that makes it possible, for a user without conscious of the detailed firmware program contents and the current state of a device, to execute an update process in a case of using file in which plural firmware programs are packaged. Upon connection of an external auxiliary storage device that stores the package file, a detection of a firmware program to be updated turns a staring mode into an update mode for updating a firmware program. If a failure in an internal auxiliary storage device is detected after re-starting, a starting is made by the update mode using a firmware program in the package file. In a case where a firmware program that is to be installed into the flash memory is updatable, only the firmware program that is to be installed into the flash memory is installed and updated.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a flash memory storing a firmware program in an updatable manner; an internal auxiliary storage region storing therein at least one firmware program in an updatable manner, the internal auxiliary storage region being different from the flash memory; and an updating control part turning a start mode into an update mode for use in a firmware program updating upon detection of a firmware program to be updated after being connected with an external auxiliary storage device that stores a package file in which a plurality of firmware programs are packaged, the updating control part starting the image forming apparatus by the update mode using a firmware program in the package file when the internal auxiliary storage region is in failure after a re-start, the updating control part installing and updating, in a case where a firmware program that is to be installed into the flash memory is updatable even if an installation of a firmware program that is to be installed into the internal auxiliary storage region is unsuccessful, only the firmware program that is to be installed into the flash memory.