| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prolong the lifetime of a thermal head in a thermal transfer printer as long as possible. <P>SOLUTION: The thermal transfer printer comprising a thermal head 34 for forming an image on an intermediate transfer sheet 1 being carried by heating an ink sheet 31, and a means RT for retransferring an image formed on the intermediate transfer sheet 1 to a transfer medium TM is arranged such that the part other than the print object image forming range within the width of the thermal head 34 capable of forming an image in the carrying width direction of the intermediate transfer sheet 1 is brought into a set heating state when an image is formed by the thermal head 34. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |
