Patent ID: 7436529

Claim:
A recording control apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record an image; a first interface unit including multiple logical channels, and configured to receive recording data from an external processor via a first logical channel of the multiple logical channels; a second interface unit configured to connect with said recording unit; a buffer configured to store the recording data received by said first interface unit; a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a recording semaphore in a case that said buffer stores the recording data from the external processor; and a first recording control unit configured to transmit the recording data stored in said buffer to said recording unit via said second interface unit and to cause said recording unit to record based on the recording data, in a case that the recording semaphore is obtained by said first obtaining unit a reading unit configured to optically read an original to output read data; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain the recording semaphore in a case that said buffer does not store the recording data from the external processor; a second recording control unit configured to transmit the read data to said recording unit via said second interface unit and cause said recording unit to record based on the read data, in case that the recording semaphore is obtained by said second obtaining unit, wherein said second recording control unit forbids reception of the recording data from the external processor using said first interface unit before said second recording control unit transmits the recording data through said second interface unit to said recording unit.