Patent ID: 9459815
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A control apparatus capable of being connected to a predetermined recording apparatus, which has a recording medium configured to record a control file and executes processing in accordance with a command that is written to the control file, the control apparatus comprising: a processor; and an interface configured to connect to a recording apparatus, wherein: the processor performs functions of at least a display control unit, a writing control unit, and a first determination unit; the display control unit is configured to display, on a display unit, a control menu for accepting a control instruction to the predetermined recording apparatus by a user operation; the writing control unit is configured to control to write a command corresponding to the control instruction accepted using the control menu to the control file in the recording medium; and the first determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a data-writing inhibit state is set by a hardware switch of the recording apparatus after detecting connection to the predetermined recording apparatus and recognizing the predetermined recording apparatus, wherein the data-writing inhibit state is a state for inhibiting data from being written to the recording medium, wherein if it is determined by the first determination unit that the data-writing inhibit state is set, the display control unit controls the display unit so as to make a user recognize that the user cannot control the predetermined recording apparatus using the control menu.