Patent attributes
A recording device records various items of information onto a removable medium. The recording device includes a medium unit in which a removable medium is set, an obtaining unit that obtains information from an external source, a specifying unit that specifies an item of information whose recording detail is defined by a data format of the removable medium that is set in the medium unit, and a recording unit that judges whether an item of the information obtained by the obtaining unit matches the item specified by the specifying unit and records the obtained information onto the removable medium when judging affirmatively and onto another medium when judging negatively.