| 摘要 |
<p>A heat transfer printer capable of preventing an ink film from being wrinkled, to realize high-quality printing. The heat transfer printer includes a line thermal head (2) having a plurality of heat generating elements (3) formed in a straight line at one end of a top surface of a substrate (4) and a sealing member (6) for covering and protecting at least a portion of the top surface of the substrate at the other end thereof opposite to the heat generating elements; and a film wrinkle removing member disposed in the vicinity of the heat generating elements of the line thermal head upstream in a direction that an ink film is carried, and the film wrinkle removing member (11) being made of a sheet material having elasticity. A voltage is selectively applied to the heat generating elements in a state in which the line thermal head abuts a platen with the ink film and a printing sheet sequentially overlapped from the line thermal head disposed therebetween, thereby performing desired printing. A film wrinkle removing member (11) which is slidably movable with respect to the ink film that travels while the line thermal head moves down and which has a projecting member formed in a line parallel to a direction that the heat generating elements are arranged, is formed in the vicinity of the heat generating elements of the line thermal head upstream in a direction that the ink film is carried.</p> |
