TRANSFER APPARATUS AND TRANSFER METHOD

摘要

To peel off a transfer film varying in easy-to-peel according to the temperature of a recording medium (temperature of an adhesion surface) with a suitable peeling tension and to suppress the occurrence of peeling residues, in a transfer apparatus for nipping a transfer film 46 and recording medium K with a transfer roller 33 and transfer platen 31 to form an image on the recording medium, the temperature of the card K is detected by detecting an environmental temperature outside the apparatus, and the peeling tension (transfer film wind torque) required for peeling off the transfer film 46 from the card K subjected to transfer is changed corresponding to the card temperature. Further, in the case of performing backside transfer subsequently to frontside transfer, since the card temperature is high, the peeling tension in backside transfer is set to be lower than the peeling tension in frontside transfer.

主权项

1. A transfer apparatus for bringing a heating member and a transfer platen into press-contact with each other via a transfer film and transferring an image formed on the transfer film to a recording medium, comprising:
an image transfer section, having the heating member and the transfer platen, configured to be able to shift between an actuation position in which the heating member and the transfer platen are brought into press-contact with each other and a retracted position in which the heating member and the transfer platen are separated; a recording medium transport device transporting the recoding medium; a peeling member disposed on a downstream side in a transfer film transport direction in image transfer by the image transfer section to peel off the transfer film from the recording medium; a transfer film transport device transporting the transfer film on the downstream side of the peeling member in the transfer film transport direction in image transfer; and a control device for controlling the transfer film transport means device to change a peeling tension of the transfer film in peeling off the transfer film from the recording medium, wherein the control device determines an intensity of the peeling tension of the transfer film corresponding to a temperature of the recoding medium.