An image forming device includes a document table for placing a document whose image is to be acquired and an image acquiring unit fixed at a position above the document table for acquiring an image of the document from above. The image forming device further includes a display unit for displaying the acquired image data, an image forming unit for forming an image of the acquired image data on an image forming medium, and a control unit. The control unit controls the image acquiring unit to acquire image data of the document, processes the acquired image data to cause the display unit to display the same, and processes the acquired image data to cause the image forming unit to perform an image forming operation. |