Patent ID: 8085414

Claim:
An image forming device, comprising: a connection unit to which an external memory is detachably attached; a reading unit configured to read an image from an original to generate image data; an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium; a controller configured to execute a plurality of modes including a scan-to-memory mode where image data is obtained through the reading unit and the obtained image data is stored in the external memory connected to the connection unit and a direct print mode where an image corresponding to image data stored in the external memory is formed through the image forming unit on the recording medium; and a storage unit configured to store mode information concerning at least one mode of the plurality of modes, the at least one mode having been executed by the controller with respect to the external memory, wherein the controller, in response to connection of the external memory to the connection unit, executes the at least one mode based on the mode information when stored in the storage unit.