FIRMWARE UPDATE SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, UPDATE DATA PROVIDING DEVICE, FIRMWARE UPDATE METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

To provide a firmware update system capable of preventing disappearance of firmware stored in a storage medium having a data-hold availability period.SOLUTION: A firmware update system transfers, when a data-hold availability period is defined in a storage medium of an MFP3 that stores firmware, update data of the firmware from an FCDS2 to the MFP3 before the data-hold availability period elapses on the basis of a last update date of the firmware.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5