An organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel device includes an OLED panel for displaying an image data and an OLED panel operation circuit for outputting the image data to the OLED panel and performing a screen saving operation without a memory access in order to increase a durability of the OLED panel. A method for operating an OLED panel device includes the steps of outputting an image data transmitted from a memory, performing a screen saving operation without a memory access in order to increase a durability of the OLED panel and displaying the image data or the screen saving operation via one of the steps above described.