Patent ID: 7307648

Claim:
A printing apparatus for passbooks comprising: a first feed device feeding an intermediate transfer material at a first speed; a print device printing information on the intermediate transfer material fed by the first feed device at a print position; a second feed device feeding the intermediate transfer material printed with information by the print device to a transfer position at a second speed different from the first speed; a transfer device transferring print information of the intermediate transfer material fed to the transfer position by the second feed device to passbooks; a slack correction device stretching the intermediate transfer material across a tension roller, and correcting slack of the intermediate transfer material resulting from a difference in the feed speed between the first and second feed devices by movement of the tension roller; and a control device operating the second feed device to apply a predetermined tension to the intermediate transfer material, with the first feed device in a stopped state, thereby moving and fixing the tension roller to a predetermined position, and thereafter, feeding the intermediate transfer material by a predetermined distance by again operating the first feed device to position it to the transfer position.