Pressure-printed material preparing apparatus

A pressure-printed material preparing apparatus comprising:

• an attachment unit configured to attach, powder which exhibits adhesiveness when pressure is applied, to a surface to be bonded of a recording medium;
• a fixation unit configured to apply pressure to the recording medium to which the powder is attached to fix the powder to the recording medium as an adhesive layer without heating the recording medium;
• a folding unit configured to fold the recording medium of which the adhesive layer is formed on the surface to be bonded, such that two portions of the surface to be bonded are opposed to each other;
• an application unit configured to apply pressure to the recording medium in which the surfaces to be bonded are opposed to each other, to thereby bond the adhesive layer on one surface and the adhesive layer on the other surface without heating the recording medium;
• and
• a controller that is configured to control the application unit to apply pressure to the recording medium without heating the recording medium,
• wherein the controller is configured to control the pressure applied to the recording medium by the fixation unit to be greater than the pressure applied to the recording medium by the application unit.