Patent ID: 7099600

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a photoconductor that moves; an exposure unit that forms a latent electrostatic image on the photoconductor; a developing unit that develops the latent electrostatic image into a developer image, the developer unit being provided for each of a plurality of colors; an image support member that supports the developer image; a first transfer member that transfers the developer image from the photoconductor to the image support member; a second transfer member that transfers the developer image from the image support member onto a recording medium; a controller that controls the exposure unit and the developing unit; and a density detector that detects a density, wherein while the exposure unit forms a first latent electrostatic image corresponding to a first developer image of each of the plurality of colors and the developing unit develops the first latent electrostatic image into the first developer image, the photoconductor moves by a first amount, the first developer image corresponding to a maximum printable size of the recording medium; the controller controls the exposure unit and the developing unit to form a second latent electrostatic image corresponding to a second developer image and to develop the second latent electrostatic image into the second developer image of each of the plurality of colors while the photoconductor moves by a second amount less than the first amount, the second developer image being for color correction process; and the density detector detects the density of the second developer image.