A printing device for forming an image on a card-shaped recording medium, comprising: a medium transport path (P1, P2) in which the recording medium is transported; an image formation section, provided on the medium transport path (P1, P2), having a platen; a medium transport device (29, 30, 37, 38) for transporting the recording medium along the medium transport path (P1, P2); a film unit for transporting a transfer film to the image formation section; a transfer roller for transferring an image formed on the transfer film to the recording medium; a transfer roller up-and-down device for moving the transfer roller up and down between an actuation position in press-contact with the recording medium in the image formation section and a retracted position separated therefrom; a peeling member disposed on a downstream side in a medium transport direction of the transfer roller, and adapted to peel off the transfer film of which the image is transferred in the image formation section from the recording medium; a peeling member up-and-down device for moving the peeling member up and down between an actuation position and a retracted position; and a control device for controlling the medium transport device (29, 30, 37, 38), the transfer roller up-and-down device and the peeling member up-and-down device, wherein the film unit has guide members (34a, 35a, 35b) for supporting the transfer film; the peeling member is adapted to support the transfer film with the guide members (34a, 35a, 35b); and characterized in that the peeling member up-and-down device moves the peeling member between the actuation position for peeling off the transfer film of which the image is transferred to the recording medium in which the peeling member contacts the recording medium through the transfer film, and the retracted position supporting the transfer film in which the peeling member is separated from the recording medium, wherein the control device controls the transfer roller up-and-down device to shift the transfer roller from the actuation position to the retracted position after a rear end of the recording medium passes through the transfer roller, controls the peeling member up-and-down device to shift the peeling member from the actuation position to the retracted position after the rear end of the recording medium passes through the peeling member, and thereafter controls the medium transport device (29, 30, 37, 38) to switchback the recording medium along the medium transport path (P1, P2). a medium transport path (P1, P2) in which the recording medium is transported; an image formation section, provided on the medium transport path (P1, P2), having a platen; a medium transport device (29, 30, 37, 38) for transporting the recording medium along the medium transport path (P1, P2); a film unit for transporting a transfer film to the image formation section; a transfer roller for transferring an image formed on the transfer film to the recording medium; a transfer roller up-and-down device for moving the transfer roller up and down between an actuation position in press-contact with the recording medium in the image formation section and a retracted position separated therefrom; a peeling member disposed on a downstream side in a medium transport direction of the transfer roller, and adapted to peel off the transfer film of which the image is transferred in the image formation section from the recording medium; a peeling member up-and-down device for moving the peeling member up and down between an actuation position and a retracted position; and a control device for controlling the medium transport device (29, 30, 37, 38), the transfer roller up-and-down device and the peeling member up-and-down device, wherein the film unit has guide members (34a, 35a, 35b) for supporting the transfer film; the peeling member is adapted to support the transfer film with the guide members (34a, 35a, 35b); and characterized in that the peeling member up-and-down device moves the peeling member between the actuation position for peeling off the transfer film of which the image is transferred to the recording medium in which the peeling member contacts the recording medium through the transfer film, and the retracted position supporting the transfer film in which the peeling member is separated from the recording medium, wherein the control device controls the transfer roller up-and-down device to shift the transfer roller from the actuation position to the retracted position after a rear end of the recording medium passes through the transfer roller, controls the peeling member up-and-down device to shift the peeling member from the actuation position to the retracted position after the rear end of the recording medium passes through the peeling member, and thereafter controls the medium transport device (29, 30, 37, 38) to switchback the recording medium along the medium transport path (P1, P2).