Patent ID: 8238776
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A color registration method for an image forming device which can perform a print job in accordance with a plurality of print modes and in which color registration conditions corresponding to the respective print modes are set differently and pre-stored, the color registration method comprising: confirming a present print mode of the image forming device; reading the color registration condition corresponding to the confirmed print mode; and performing an auto color registration (ACR) only on a transfer belt in accordance with the read color registration condition in order to save toner or get a high-quality image, wherein the color registration condition is at least one of a color registration execution period, a color registration execution time, and a color registration pattern when the print job is a color print job, wherein the color registration condition is separately set for each print mode in order to make a toner consumption different for each print mode, and wherein the print mode is a mode regarding performing the print job and the print mode comprises a plurality of modes according to a resolution of an image to be formed.