IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD

To provide an image recording device which can suppress lowering of color concentration of a part where an image is formed with coloring material ink even when being irradiated with ultraviolet light of a short wavelength.SOLUTION: An image recording device includes: first ink imparting means for imparting first ink containing a dye having sublimability onto an intermediate transfer body; second ink imparting means for imparting second ink containing a fluorescent compound having sublimability and fluorescence, and light absorbency at a wavelength equal to or below a visible light lower limit wavelength, onto the intermediate transfer body; and sublimability transfer means for transferring an image of the intermediate transfer body onto a recording medium by sublimation, wherein at least one of the first ink and the second ink has sublimability, and contains a resin suppressing permeation of ultraviolet light.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8A 【課題】短波長の紫外線が照射されても色材インクで画像形成された部分の色濃度の低下を抑制できる画像記録装置を提供すること。【解決手段】本発明は、中間転写体に昇華性を有する染料を含む第１のインクを付与する第１インク付与手段と、前記中間転写体に昇華性及び蛍光性を有し、且つ可視光下限波長以下に光吸収性がある蛍光化合物を含む第２のインクを付与する第２インク付与手段と、記録媒体に前記中間転写体の画像を昇華転写する昇華転写手段とを備える画像記録装置であって、前記第１のインクもしくは前記第２のインクの少なくとも一方が、昇華性を有し、且つ紫外光の透過を抑制する樹脂を含有することを特徴とする画像記録装置である。【選択図】図８Ａ