Color image forming device

Abstract

To provide a color image forming device that is capable of reducing the power consumption and unnecessary consumption of toners without deteriorating the productivity of a printing job. Provided is a color image forming device which includes a power control part 150 which controls switching of a mode from a normal power supply mode to a power saving mode when a power-saving shift time T1 or T2 has passed during a standby state; a printing mode switching part 101f for switching a single-color printing mode and a full-color printing mode; and an initial printing mode setting part 101g for setting an initial printing mode at the time of supplying a power source to one of the printing modes, wherein a different power-saving shift time T1 or T2 is set depending on the printing mode that is initially set by the initial printing mode setting part 101g.

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