Patent ID: 7418601

Claim:
A data transfer control system provided with a recording apparatus, and a transfer control apparatus connected to said recording apparatus in a manner capable of making a communication there between and transferring to said recording apparatus data and managing information of said data, said transfer control apparatus comprising: a prohibiting signal transmitter for transmitting, prior to a transfer of said data, to said recording apparatus a prohibiting signal to prohibit a connection state from being released; an allowing signal transmitter for transmitting to said recording apparatus an allowing signal to allow to release said connection state when the transfer of said data is completed, and a transfer of said managing information is also completed; a timer for starting a count of a predetermined time period at a time that the transfer of said data is ended; an updater for updating said managing information, determining that the transfer of said data is completed when said timer counts said predetermined time period; and a writing instructor for instructing said recording apparatus to write the managing information updated by said updater, and said recording apparatus comprising: a cutting-off-impossible notifier for notifying of being impossible to cut-off in response to a reception of said prohibiting signal; and a cutting-off-allowing notifier for notifying of being allowed to cut-off in response to a reception of said allowing signal.