Sony Corporation

Haruo Asano

Hiroshi Udagawa

Koichiro Ishigami

Kohei Nojiri

Masato Nakamura

Yoichi Kobayashi

In progressing a video gate in accordance with a game software program read out from a video game program recording medium and in converting the contents for printing into printing data, which is printed, the printer driver stored in a non-volatile memory is to be updated to enable the printing by the latest printer driver. To this end, as a printer driver is read from the video game program recording medium at step S, the version of the printer driver as read out is checked at step SIf the printer driver as read out is of a new version, the printer driver in the memory card is updated at step S

Video game system, video game apparatus, controlling method therefor and a recording medium for video game program

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to execute a video-game software program read from a video-game program recording medium, to convert contents data to print data, and to enable a printer of an unknown type to print the print data. To achieve the object, a data-reading module determines whether the printer connected to a video game apparatus is of an unknown type (Step S ). If the printer is of an unknown type, or a type not designated by the printer driver, printing parameter is read from the printer, the parameter of a device engine module is changed in accordance with the printing parameter (Step S ). And the print data is printed (Steps S to S ).

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Haruo Asano