Patent ID: 8385758
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: a first medium container, which contains a first printing medium; a second medium container, which contains a second printing medium; a medium feeder for feeding one of the first and second media from one of the first and second medium containers; a special process unit that performs a special process on the first printing medium fed by the medium feeder when image data, which includes instruction information instructing the special process, is received; a detector that detects a characteristic of the first printing medium; a special process capability determination unit for determining whether or not the special process instructed by the instruction information can be performed based on the characteristic; and a control unit that ejects the first printing medium and that causes the second medium to be fed from the second medium container when the special process capability determination unit determines that the special process cannot be performed.