Image forming apparatus, firmware updating method, and program using confirmation time and application time

摘要

A confirmation time at which confirmation processing for confirming whether firmware applicable to an image forming apparatus is managed by a delivery server and an application time at which the firmware is applied to the image forming apparatus are set in advance by an operation unit of the image forming apparatus, and an update control unit performs the confirmation processing at an actual confirmation time which is acquired by shifting the confirmation time, and if firmware applicable to the image forming apparatus is managed by the delivery server, the firmware is downloaded from the delivery server, and the firmware is stored in a storage device, and the update control unit applies the stored firmware to the image forming apparatus at the application time.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus which communicates with a server that controls delivery of firmware to a plurality of apparatuses, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a setting unit configured to set a first setting for deciding a confirmation time at which processing for confirming whether firmware applicable to the image forming apparatus is managed by the server and a second setting for deciding an application time at which the firmware is applied to the image forming apparatus; a confirmation unit configured to perform the confirmation processing at an actual confirmation time shifted from a confirmation time decided according to the first setting; a download unit configured to, if the confirmation unit confirms that the applicable firmware is managed by the server, download the applicable firmware; a storage unit configured to store the firmware downloaded by the download unit; and an application unit configured to apply the firmware stored in the storage unit to the image forming apparatus at the application time decided according to the second setting, wherein, if the confirmation unit confirms that the applicable firmware is not managed by the server, a download of firmware is not performed.