Recording device, recording system, and method of controlling recording device

摘要

A recording device has a recording unit that records on a recording medium; a control unit that controls the recording unit; a storage unit that stores management information related to control by the control unit, and report information corresponding to the management information; an input unit that inputs information to change the report information; and an output unit that outputs the report information stored in the storage unit.

主权项

1. A method of controlling a recording device, comprising:
updating firmware that controls a recording unit that records to a recording medium; overwriting management information stored in a storage memory unit based on updating the firmware, wherein the management information is related to version information of the firmware, and wherein the management information cannot be rewritten by a user; and outputting report information stored in the storage memory unit that was changed based on information input by the user via an input unit if the report information is changed based on information input by the user when output of report information including information related to the firmware is requested after the firmware is updated, wherein the report information can be rewritten by the user and
outputting the report information based on the overwritten management information when the report information for the firmware is changed by the user,wherein, when the management information is overwritten:when the report information was previously changed based on information input by the user, the report information is not overwritten, andwhen the report information was not changed by the user, the report information is changed based on the overwritten management information.