Image forming apparatus with misalignment correction capability

A device comprising:

• a fuser configured to generate heat in a plurality of regions extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveyance of a recording medium;
• a memory configured to store a correspondence between the plurality of regions and positions of a plurality of areas positioned along a main scanning direction in the image data, the main scanning direction corresponding with the direction orthogonal to the direction of conveyance;
• a control panel configured to receive an input regarding an amount of misalignment and a direction of misalignment, the amount of misalignment indicating a space between a first boundary between the plurality of regions and second boundary between the plurality of areas, the direction of misalignment indicating a direction in which the first boundary is misaligned from the second boundary;
• and
• a control circuit configured to:
• change the correspondence between the plurality of regions and positions of the plurality of areas stored in the memory based on the amount of misalignment and the direction of misalignment;
• detect a presence or an absence of a print target image in each of the plurality of areas;
• and
• cause the fuser to generate heat in one or more regions of the plurality of regions corresponding to one or more areas of the plurality of areas where the print target image is detected.