Patent ID: 7308228
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device, capable of manual two-sided printing in which, after completion of a first pass of printing to print onto one side of a sheet, when performing a second pass of printing to print onto the other side of the sheet, a user supplies the sheet, the image forming device comprising: a receiving unit, which receives printing page quantity information; a control unit, which based on said printing page quantity information determines the number of pages printed in the first pass of said manual two-sided printing, issues a printing instruction for said number of pages printed, issues an instruction to change image forming conditions if print processing has ended according to said printing instruction for said number of pages, regardless of whether the pages have been set for the second pass of printing, and after issuing said instruction to change image forming conditions, issues a printing instruction for the second pass of printing; and, a printing unit, which changes the image forming conditions according to said instruction to change the image forming conditions, and executes print processing according to said printing instruction for the second pass of printing.