Patent ID: 7852367

Claim:
A printer comprising: a printer body mountable with an ink sheet cartridge for storing an ink sheet; a print head portion, provided on said printer body, including a laser application portion emitting a laser beam from a position separated from a paper and said ink sheet at a prescribed interval for applying heat to said ink sheet thereby transferring the ink to said paper; and a feed roller for transporting said paper, for performing printing by applying said laser beam from said laser application portion in a state bringing said ink sheet and said paper into contact with each other while transporting said ink sheet in a first direction and transporting said paper in both of said first direction and a second direction opposite to said first direction in plan view, wherein said ink sheet cartridge includes a first guide portion for guiding said ink sheet to come into contact with said paper and a second guide portion for guiding said paper to come into contact with said ink sheet; said first guide portion and said second guide portion of said ink sheet cartridge include slit openings for passing said laser beam therethrough respectively; and said slit openings including a first slit opening and a second slit opening that are overlapped with each other.