Patent ID: 7227656

Claim:
A management device for managing a print system comprising a data processor connected to a network and a printer for executing a print job sent from the data processor via the network, the data processor having a first software program which is installed therein, and the printer having a second software program which is installed therein, the device comprising: a determining controller for determining adaptability between an old version of the first software program that has already been installed and a new version of the second software program, or for determining adaptability between an old version of the second software program that has already been installed and a new version of the first software program, where the first software program is of a type different than the second software program; and an updating controller for executing a predetermined process to update the first and the second software programs on the data processor and the printer based on the determination result by the determining controller, wherein when the determining controller determines that there is no adaptability between the new version of the first software program and the old version of the second software program, the updating controller updates the second software program and then updates the first software program, and when the determining controller determines that there is no adaptability between the new version of the second software program and the old version of the first software program, the updating controller updates the first software program and then updates the second software program.