RECORDING DEVICE FOR LASER THERMAL TRANSFER

PURPOSE:To obtain a transfer image with a high resolution and a high image quality under a stable condition at all times without regard to the surface state and the like of the base layer of a transfer paper by detecting reflected light from the transfer paper to adjust the output of a laser beam source according to the amount of the reflected light in an optical system for adjustment and heating the transfer paper to transfer an image to a recording paper in an optical system for recording. CONSTITUTION:A controlling circuit 60 fetches thereinto the reflectance and surface temperature of the base layer Ra of a transfer paper R, the condensed state of a light flux L2 for recording, etc., as the data. The controlling circuit 60 determines a light intensity modulation signal to be sent to a light modulation element 38 on the basis of these data and the image data to be printed and sends the signal thus determined to a drive circuit 62 through an interface circuit 66. The light modulation element 38 performs light modulation on the basis of the data of these kinds and projects light onto an ink layer Rb, whereby the ink layer Rb is melted by heating, and a transferred image can be obtained on a recording paper P.