IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND TRANSFERRING MEDIUM CASSETTE

摘要

In an image forming apparatus using an indirect transferring method, an ink ribbon 4 is selectively heated by a thermal head 1, in a state where an intermediate transfer film 3 and the ink ribbon 4 are put one on the other on a platen roller 2, so that a record-image is formed as a mirror image on an image-forming layer 10 of the intermediate transfer film 3. Then, the intermediate transfer film 3 and a target object 9 are supplied with heat and pressure between a heating roller 5 and a pressure roller 6, so that the record-image is transferred along with the image-forming layer 10 of the intermediate transfer film 3 to the target object 9. The intermediate transfer film 3 and the ink ribbon 4 are respectively accommodated in cassettes 22 and 30 detachably mounted in the apparatus, and are used for forming the record-image while being fed from the cassettes 22 and 30.