An image forming device determines the replacement time of components
depending on environment. The image forming device includes an engine
part performing the printing job using a certain component upon receiving
the print command, a printout counter counting the actual number of the
printed sheets, an environment detector detecting a certain environmental
information by checking status of each component, a memory containing the
maximum number of the printable sheets of the component, and a controller
driving the component by reading out the operating condition from the
memory corresponding to the received environmental information and
determining the replacement time of the component by determining the
total number of the printed sheets by differentially compensating and
accumulating the counted number of the printed sheets depending on the
environmental information, and comparing with the maximum number of the
printable sheets. Accordingly, accurate replacement time of the component
can be estimated.