LIQUID DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD AND ITS CONTROL PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a liquid development electronic photographing device mounting a control program to properly correct a color deviation by providing a mechanism for correcting the color deviation which occurs in the liquid development electronic photographing device for pressurizing a color image which is formed on a middle transfer body with liquid toner by each development unit arranged for each color onto a printing medium and performing transferring. SOLUTION: An image is read by providing a detection pattern generating area to be used for detecting the color deviation in a structure which is independent of the middle transfer body and is provided with a background color being suitable for image reading in the liquid development electronic photographing device. Besides, a color deviation correcting amount is obtained in parallel with a printing operation by adopting the detection pattern generating area for the color deviation detection as an area which is different from a printing image generating area. Thus, a control procedure for normally updating the color deviation correcting amount to the proper amount is stored as a part of the control program for the device. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO