Patent ID: 7302163
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: G11C,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording medium accessing apparatus for accessing a recording medium that stores image data and print setting data related to the image data, the recording medium accessing apparatus comprising: accessing means for accessing the image data and the print setting data of the recording medium; erroneous-erasure prevention detecting means for detecting whether or not the recording medium is set to an erroneous-erasure prevention state; and access control means for controlling said accessing means so that, when said erroneous-erasure prevention detecting means detects that the recording medium is in the erroneous-erasure prevention state, a rewriting and erasing of the image data stored in the recording medium are prohibited, wherein said accessing means reads change permissibility information, indicating whether or not to permit rewriting of the print setting data, wherein, when the change permissibility information permits rewriting of the print setting data, said access control means controls said accessing means to rewrite the print setting data, regardless of whether or not the recording medium is in the erroneous-erasure prevention state, and wherein, when the change permissibility information indicates that rewriting of the print setting data is forbidden and said erroneous-erasure prevention detecting means detects that the recording medium is in the erroneous-erasure prevention state, said access control means controls said accessing means so that a rewriting of the print setting data is prohibited.