Patent ID: 8565622

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a plurality of removable image formation sections, each removable image formation section capable of forming images of a pre-specified color, each removable image formation section including: a memory that stores a color information representing the pre-specified color of images that are formable by the removable image forming section; an image-bearing body; a charging section that charges the image-bearing body to a pre-specified potential; a first exposure section that performs exposure onto the image-bearing body and forms an electrostatic latent image representing an identification image on the image-bearing body, the first exposure section being within the removable image formation section; a developing section that develops the electrostatic latent image; and a control section that controls the first exposure section to form the identification image in accordance with an image formation instruction, the image formation instruction instructing that the identification image be formed of a color represented by the color information; the image forming device further comprising: a second exposure section externals to the plurality of removable image formation sections that performs exposure onto the image-bearing body of each removable image formation section and causes an electrostatic latent image representing an image to be on formed on each image-bearing body; a transfer body upon which an image is formed by the plurality of removable image formation sections; a reading section that reads the identification images; and an identification section that outputs to the plurality of removable image formation sections the image formation instruction instructing formation of the identification image of at least one color of the colors formable by the plurality of removable image formation sections and that, on the basis of a duration from the output of the image formation instruction until the identification image is read by the reading section, determines a position at which each removable image formation section of the plurality of removable image formation sections is located and identifies an order of the plurality of removable image formation sections.