Heat transfer recording apparatus and method.

摘要

A heat transfer recording apparatus for transferring the ink of an ink sheet (14) to a recording medium to thereby record images on the recording medium (11) has conveying means for conveying the ink sheet (14), recording means (13) for acting on the ink sheet (14) and effecting recording of images on the recording medium (11), counting means for counting the number of times of the image recording by the recording means, detecting means for detecting whether the number of times of the image recording has reached a predetermined number of times, and control means for rendering the ink sheet stopped during the image recording on the recording medium by the recording means, and controlling so that the ink sheet is conveyed by the conveying means by a distance corresponding to the length of the image recording when it is detected by the detecting means that the number of times of the image recording has reached the predetermined number of times.