RECORDER USING THERMOCHROMIC FILM AND RECORDING METHOD

摘要

PURPOSE:To make the opacification process of an image forming part proceed stably and sufficiently for achieving high-quality recording of an image. CONSTITUTION:A transparent thermochromic film 1 is selectively heated and optically opacified by a thermal head 3 to form an image. The temperature of the thermochromic film 1 containing image forming part is cooled to the state change temperature or lower by a cooling fan 5 from the side of a transparent base material which forms part of the thermochromic film 1 and is rather thick so as to make the opacification process proceed sufficiently without rapid cooling.