Patent ID: 7242501
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: B41J,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: determination means for determining whether information indicating a quality of an input image is first information or second information, the second information indicating that the input image has a lower quality than a quality indicated by the first information; setting means for setting a combination of recording agents, used for forming the input image on a sheet, to a first combination when the determination means determines that the information indicating the quality of the input image is the first information, and setting the combination of the recording agents, used for forming the input image on the sheet, to a combination of the recording agents having the smaller number of recording agents than the number of recording agents of the first combination when the determination means determines that the information indicating the quality of the input image is the second information; and image forming means for forming the input image on the sheet using the combination of the recording agents set by the setting means.