Patent ID: 7889372
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: a printer which prints a color image on a medium and if an operation mode is a color mode, and prints a monochromatic image on a medium if an operation mode is a monochromatic mode; a management unit which manages only the number of pages printed in the color mode by the printer for each division to which a user belongs, if a color management mode is valid; a setting unit which sets an initial value of the operation mode of the printer to the monochromatic mode if the color management mode is valid, and sets an initial value of the operation mode of the printer to any of the color mode and the monochromatic mode if the color management mode is not valid; and the setting unit forcibly setting the operation mode of the printer to the monochromatic mode, when an operation to switch to an initial state is inputted, if the color management mode is valid.