RECORDING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermal transfer recording device in which when a plurality of images are printed, recording sheets or ink films in use are not wasted. SOLUTION: In the recording device in which ink films are used to form images on recording sheets, there are provided a memory 83 which stores data of images to be formed on the recording sheets, the magnitude of printing region of images, and the number of printing sheets and has a storage capacity larger than the data for one sheet of images formed by the storage capacity and a CPU 90 which controls so as to minimize the number of times of printing by replacing the order of printing of images from the data stored in the memory 83 when a plurality of images are printed. Thus when a plurality of images are printed, a plurality of images can be printed on one recording sheet to minimize the number of times of printing, and hence waste of the recording sheets or ink films can be reduced.