PRINTING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a device small is size, light in weight, low in power consumption and low in cost by bringing photosensitive film into contact with the display surface of a transmission type liquid crystal display(LCD), turning on a light source on the back side for the LCD and printing a picture displayed on the LCD on the photosensitive film. SOLUTION: In this printing device, the instant photosensitive film 2 is brought into contact with the transmission type LCD 1 functioning as a picture display means so that its photosensitive surface 2a may be opposed to the display surface 1a of the LCD 1. A backlight 3 is provided on the back side of the LCD 1. In the case of printing the picture in the device, the LCD 1 is driven by a driving circuit and the backlight 3 is turned on for a specified time by a lighting control circuit. Thus, light from the backlight 3 is transmitted through the LCD 1 and irradiates the film 2, so that the picture (for instance, the picture based on a video signal reproduced and supplied from a video camera to the LCD 1) supplied to the LCD 1 is printed on the film 2.