Image forming device that sets initial value of printer operation mode according to management mode

A method of managing an image forming device comprising:

• printing a color image on a medium if an operation mode of a printer is a color mode;
• printing a monochromatic image on a medium if an operation mode of the printer is a monochromatic mode;
• managing only the number of pages printed in the color mode by the printer for each division to which a user belongs, if a color management mode is valid;
• setting an initial value of the operation mode of the printer to the monochromatic mode if the color management mode is valid, and setting an initial value of the operation mode of the printer to any of the color mode and the monochromatic mode if the color management mode is not valid;
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• forcibly setting the operation mode of the printer to the monochromatic mode, when an operation to switch to an initial state is inputted, if the color management mode is valid.

An image forming device comprising:

• image forming means for printing a color image on an image forming medium if an operation mode is a color mode, and for printing a monochromatic image on an the image forming medium if an operation mode is a monochromatic mode;
• management means for managing only the number of pages having the image formed thereon in the color mode by the image forming means for each division to which each user belongs if a color management mode is valid;
• setting means for setting an initial value of the operation mode of the image forming means to the monochromatic mode if the color management mode is valid;
• and for setting an initial value of the operation mode of the image forming means to any of the color mode and the monochromatic mode if the color management mode is not valid;
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• the setting unit forcible setting the operation mode of the printer to the monochromatic mode, when an operation to switch to an initial state is inputted, if the color management mode is valid.