TRANSFER DEVICE AND TRANSFERRING METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce transfer failure due to temperature change of a transfer film and to reduce thermal damage on the transfer film by performing pre-heating before transferring on a recording medium with a cheap construction.SOLUTION: In a transfer device, a transfer film 46 and recording medium K are sandwiched with a transfer roller 33 and transfer platen 31 so as to form an image on a recording medium. The recording medium K is subjected to pre-heating treatment with heat provide by the transfer roller 33 before the transferring treatment. In a case where the pre-heating treatment is performed with transfer roller 33, the transfer film 46 lies between the transfer roller 33 and the recording medium K. On the other hand, by transporting the position of the transfer film 46 upon the pre-heating treatment, thermal damage on the transfer film 46 is suppressed since it is avoided that excessive heat from the transfer roller 33 is provided on a part of transfer film.