Patent ID: 7043167

Claim:
An image formation device that fixes toner images, which are transferred with toners of multiple colors onto a recording medium, such as paper, so as to form a color image, said image formation device comprising: a specification module that specifies either formation of a composite color image or formation of a monochromatic image; a control module that, when said specification module specifies formation of the composite color image, controls to selectively adapt a fixation process, which fixes the transferred toner image on the recording medium, for formation of the composite color image, while controlling to selectively adapt the fixation process for formation of the monochromatic image when said specification module specifies formation of the monochromatic image; and an information acquisition module that acquires information on color of toner filled in each toner cartridge from each of storage elements mounted on multiple toner cartridges, which are attached to said image formation device, wherein said specification module specifies formation of the composite color image or formation of the monochromatic image, based on the information on the color of toner acquired by said information acquisition module.