Patent ID: 7639278

Claim:
An image supply device used in a recording system in which the image supply device and a recording apparatus directly communicate with each other via a communication interface, and image data is transmitted from the image supply device to the recording apparatus and recorded, comprising: a determination unit that determines whether the recording apparatus is of a type capable of restarting recording in a case where a recording process by the recording apparatus is interrupted; an instruction unit that instructs the recording apparatus to restart recording in a case where the determination unit determines that the type of the recording apparatus is the type capable of restarting the recording process; and a control unit that controls said image supply device to designate an image file to be recorded subsequent to the interruption of the recording process of image data in a case where the instruction unit instructs the restart of the recording process, wherein the determination unit determines that the type of the recording apparatus is a type capable of restarting recording in a case where at least one of a predetermined model name, a manufacturer name, and a vendor name of the recording apparatus coincides, respectively, with one of a model name, a manufacturer name, and a vendor name of the recording apparatus whose recording process has been interrupted.