Patent ID: 9340057
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A transfer device that transfers, on a recording medium, an image on a transfer film which is formed by pressure contact between a heating member and a transfer platen through the transfer film, comprising: an image transfer section having the heating member and transfer platen, in which the heating member and transfer platen are configured to be movable between an actuation position at which they are brought into pressure-contact with each other and a retracted position at which they are separated from each other; a plurality of recording medium conveyors that convey the recording medium; a detector that detects a position of the recording medium; a transfer film feeder that feeds, upon image transfer, the transfer film on an upstream side relative to the heating member in a transfer film conveying direction; and a controller that controls the image transfer section, recording medium conveyors, and transfer film feeder, wherein at least one of the recording medium conveyors is provided downstream of the heating member in the transfer direction, and based on a detection result from the detector, the controller increases a recording medium conveying speed of the recording medium conveying units or reduces a transfer film feed speed of the transfer film feeder during a time from when transfer processing performed by the image transfer section is started to when a front end of the recording medium reaches the recording medium conveyor provided downstream of the heating member or after the front end of the recording medium reaches the recording medium conveyor provided downstream of the heating member.