Method and apparatus for magnetic transfer

摘要

A magnetic transfer apparatus (20) comprising: a conjoining apparatus (25) for conjoining a magnetic transfer master medium (23) bearing a data signal and a slave medium (22) having a magnetic recording portion for receiving the magnetic transfer from the master medium in a hermetically sealed state, a pressure applying means (26) for applying pressure that presses the slave medium against the master medium, a depressurising means (27) for reducing the pressure of the hermetically sealed space between the master medium and the slave medium within the conjoining apparatus to obtain a degree of the vacuum therebetween, and a magnetic field applying means (28) for applying a transfer magnetic field, wherein the conjoinment pressure form the pressure applied by the pressure applying means and the degree of vacuum obtained by the depressurising means when conjoining the master and the slave medium to perform a magnetic transfer are each controlled independently.