Patent ID: 9180713
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B41J,B41M,G03G,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus that transfers an image formed on a transfer film onto a recording medium, comprising: a medium supply section configured to supply the recording medium; an image forming section configured to form an image on the transfer film; a transfer section configured to transfer the image formed on the transfer film onto the recording medium; a supply section configured to supply the transfer film; a film winding section configured to winding the transfer film supplied from the film supply section; a medium conveying path along which the recording medium supplied from the medium supply section is conveyed to the transfer section through an information recording section; a film conveying path along which the transfer film supplied from the film supply section is conveyed to the transfer section through the image forming section; a film standby section provided on the film conveying path, at which the transfer film is made to stand by temporarily; a drive unit connected to at least one of the film supply section and film winding section; and a controller configured to control the drive unit, wherein the transfer section is provided with a transfer platen that supports the recording medium and a heating member that press holds the recording medium and transfer film with the transfer platen, and the controller moves, when making the transfer film to be conveyed from the film supply section to the transfer section stand by temporarily, the transfer film such that a film part that faces the heating member is changed to another film part in a case where the same film part is exposed to the heating member for a predetermined time period or more.