Control apparatus for setting a recording format for a recording apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of setting a recording format for a recording apparatus which records information based on recording information generated from an information generating apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- inputting a recording format from the information generating apparatus, the recording format being for use in recording of recording information on a recording medium;
storing the recording format input in said inputting step, in a non-volatile memory included in the recording apparatus;
determining whether or not a particular recording format has been stored in the non-volatile memory;
storing the particular recording format, stored in the recording apparatus, in the non-volatile memory, when the particular recording format has not been recorded in the non-volatile memory; and
causing the recording apparatus to record the recording information on the basis of the particular recording format stored in the non-volatile memory.
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Abstract
A control apparatus and method, in which a format for a particular instance of recording is designated or set, as by instructions from a host computer, or from an operator via a keyboard, and that desired format is used or not, according to whether the necessary information for that format is present in a memory (preferably non-volatile). If the necessary format information is present in the memory, the desired format is used for recording, while otherwise, a default format is used instead or the information for the desired format is supplied to the memory.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of setting a recording format for a recording apparatus which records information based on recording information generated from an information generating apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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inputting a recording format from the information generating apparatus, the recording format being for use in recording of recording information on a recording medium; storing the recording format input in said inputting step, in a non-volatile memory included in the recording apparatus; determining whether or not a particular recording format has been stored in the non-volatile memory; storing the particular recording format, stored in the recording apparatus, in the non-volatile memory, when the particular recording format has not been recorded in the non-volatile memory; and causing the recording apparatus to record the recording information on the basis of the particular recording format stored in the non-volatile memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A control apparatus which controls a recording apparatus, said control apparatus comprising:
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input means for inputting recording format information for use in recording of information by the recording apparatus; a non-volatile memory for storing the recording format information input by said input means; a first memory for storing a default format; setting means for setting a recording format for actual use by the recording apparatus, wherein said setting means operates based on whether or not recording format information for the recording format has been stored in said non-volatile memory, and wherein said setting means sets the recording format on the basis of the recording format information stored in said non-volatile memory when recording format information for the recording format has been stored in said non-volatile memory, and sets the recording format on the basis of the default format stored in said first memory when recording format information for the recording format has not been stored in said non-volatile memory. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A control apparatus which controls a recording apparatus which records information based on recording information generated by an information generating apparatus, said control apparatus comprising:
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input means for inputting, from the information generating apparatus, recording information to be recorded by the recording apparatus; first setting means for setting a default format for use in recording of information by the recording apparatus; second setting means for setting a second recording format, different from the default format, said second setting mans having a non-volatile memory which stores recording format information representing the second recording format to be set; changing means for changing the recording format information stored in said non-volatile memory, on the basis of control information output from the information generating apparatus; selecting means for selecting one of said first setting means and said second means in order to set one of said default format and said second recording format. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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