In the case of being mounted with any cartridge other than a genuine
cartridge, which accommodates a toner other than a genuine toner, a user
can select as an operation mode other than that corresponding to a
genuine toner, through a UI device 18, making a correction to the
consumption of a developer by combining conditions to be changed, such as
increasing or decreasing the degree of a change (gradient) in a set value
of the toner density with respect to the consumption of a developer (m1
or m2); increasing or decreasing a limit value (m1 or m2); varying an
initial value (consumption=0) (m3); no making a change in a set value
according to the consumption (m4); and no making a change in a set value
according to the consumption, for example, by varying an initial value
(m5)