Patent ID: 6909446

Claim:
A printing method comprising: first conveying an intermediate transfer medium provided with a transferring layer having a prescribed pattern; printing prescribed information on the transferring layer of the intermediate transfer medium conveyed by the first conveying; second conveying an image receiving medium; press fitting the intermediate transfer medium conveyed in the first conveying and the image receiving medium conveyed in the second conveying at a prescribed pressure; detecting a thickness of the image receiving medium with a contacting member which moves vertically to contact a surface of the image receiving medium; adjusting the prescribed pressure applied in the press fitting to maintain the prescribed pressure at a fixed level according to the detected thickness of the image receiving medium; suppressing a swelling of a seam of a prescribed opened page of the image receiving medium; and transferring the transferring layer of the press fitted intermediate transfer medium on the image receiving medium, in which the swelling of the seam of the prescribed opened page is suppressed together with the prescribed information printed on the transferring layer.