READER FOR IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION OF RECORDING MEDIUM CARTRIDGE, RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently read identification information of a recording medium cartridge. SOLUTION: The reader 5 of identification information of a recording medium cartridge 1 is provided with a judging means 5a to judge whether the recording medium cartridge 1 has an identifying information memory means 4 for storing the identifying information of a memory medium 3 or not and an information reading means 5b for reading identifying information of the identifying information memory means 4. In the course before the information reading means 5b reads the identifying information of the identifying information memory means 4, whether the recording medium cartridge 1 has the identifying information memory means 4 or not is judged by the judging means 5a, and only when the recording medium cartridge 1 has the identifying information memory means 4, the information reading means 5b reads the identifying information of the identification information memory means 4. This eliminates the wasting of time and labor required for the reading of the identification information while preventing problems (deterioration damage and the like) caused in the information reading means 5b attributed to an attempt to read the identification information with respect to the recording medium cartridge 1 having to identification information memory means 4.