Patent ID: 8693023

Claim:
A recording control device that is communicably connected to a recording device that receives a connection confirmation command and detects an error when a time during which the connection confirmation command is not received reaches a first reference time, the recording control device comprising: an application execution unit that executes an application program and outputs data processed by the application program as recording data; and a recording control unit that sends a recording job to the recording device based on the recording data output by the application execution unit; wherein when the application execution unit does not output the connection confirmation command, the recording control unit checks a status of the application execution unit and based on the status generates and sends the connection confirmation command to the recording device; and wherein the recording control unit comprises a timer, outputs a response request to the application execution unit before a time during which the application execution unit does not output at least the connection confirmation command reaches the first reference time, and sends the connection confirmation command to the recording device if the application execution unit outputs a response to the response request.