摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide a high speed and high quality thermal transfer recording apparatus without choice in the surface configuration of a receiving article, by providing a heating means for selectively heating a thermal transfer medium and a transfer means consisting of an elastomer and a rotary support permitting the rotation of said elastomer. CONSTITUTION:Because a current supply thermal transfer film 3 delivered from a film supply roller 4 and contacted with a recording electrode at the edge part of a current supply recording head 7 is constituted so that the substrate layer thereof has ductility, the supply of a current can be well performed between the recording electrode and a resistance layer and the selected part of an ink layer is melted under heating perfectly independent of the surface state of receiving paper 1. Thereafter, ink is transferred under pressure by a transfer means 8. This transfer means 8 is constituted of an elastomer 81, a support substrate 82 for supporting and pressurizing the elastomer 81 and a rotary support 83 and has water pillow effect and, therefore, even if the receiving paper 1 having a rough smoothness is used, transfer pressure can be uniformly applied. |