Patent ID: 8311435

Claim:
An image formation device, comprising: an image forming unit configured to execute image formation to form an image on a recording medium; a holding body configured to move relative to the image forming unit and to hold an image formed thereon by the image forming unit, wherein a plurality of sections are defined on the holding body along a carrying direction of the recording medium; and a controller that controls the image forming unit to: select a number of sections of the plurality of sections on the holding body in which to form a correction pattern based on a length of the recording medium, wherein the selected number of sections is less than a total number of sections defined on the holding body; form a correction pattern in only an area of the holding body corresponding to the selected number of sections, wherein the selected number of sections corresponds to an image formation area configured to hold the recording medium when the image formation is executed for the recording medium; measure a position of the correction pattern formed on the holding body; and correct an image formation position of the image formation unit based on the measured position of the correction pattern formed on the holding body.