Patent ID: 9555643
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
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 the transfer platen, in which the heating member and the 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 first detector that detects a drive amount of one of the recording medium conveyors during the transfer processing; a transfer film feeder that feeds, during the image transfer, the transfer film on an upstream side relative to the heating member in a transfer film conveying direction; a transfer film conveyor that feeds, during the image transfer, the transfer film on a downstream side relative to the heating member in a transfer film conveying direction; a second detector that detects a transfer film conveying amount by the transfer film conveyor during the transfer processing; and a controller that controls the image transfer section, the recording medium conveyors, the transfer film feeder, and the transfer film conveyor, wherein at least one of the recording medium conveyors is provided downstream of the heating member in the transfer direction, and after a front end of the recording medium reaches the recording medium conveyor provided downstream of the heating member, the controller increases the conveying amount of the recording medium and/or reduces the transfer film feed amount in accordance with detection results of the first and second detectors.