Patent ID: 8243293

Claim:
An image forming device, comprising: a rotational body configured to carry a recording medium thereon in a predetermined direction, the rotational body including a plurality of first regions defined thereon that begin with respective different phases on the rotational body; a forming unit configured to form an image on one of the rotational body and the recording medium carried on the rotational body; a storage unit configured to store thereon information regarding positional deviations of images formed within each of the first regions; and a control device configured to: determine a variation of the positional deviations of the images within each of the first regions based upon the information stored on the storage unit; select one of the first regions having the smallest variation of the positional deviations from among the plurality of first regions based upon the determined variation of the positional deviations of the images within each of the first regions; and control the forming unit to form an intended image at an image forming position, which is corrected based upon the information stored on the storage unit, in the selected first region of the rotational body in preference to the unselected first regions.