JPS6420166A - Recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a transfer recording medium without wastefulness, by forming an image in a recording part by applying plural kinds of energies to the transfer recording medium to transfer the same to a medium to be recorded in a transfer part and feeding the transfer recording medium in an unused state in the non-recording direction to the recording part. CONSTITUTION:In a recording part 3, heat and light are applied to the transfer recording layer of a delivered transfer recording medium 1 corresponding to an image signal to form an image. Further, in a transfer part 4, the transfer recording layer is brought into contact with recording paper 8 under pressure and heated to transfer a transfer image of colors of blue and magenta to the recording paper 8. At the finish time of transfer recording, the transfer recording medium 1 is held to an unused state over the area from the recording part 3 to a release roller 5. When the rear end of the negative image formed on the transfer recording medium is fed to the position of the release roller 5 to be released from the recording paper 8, a stepping motor rotates in the direction opposite to that at the time of recording to unwind the transfer recording medium 1 and the rear end position of the negative image is unwound up to the position of the recording head 3a of the recording part 3 and the transfer recording medium 1 can be effectively utilized without wastefulness.