Printing device

A printing device that transfers an image on an intermediate transfer medium formed in an image formation section to a card-shaped printing medium in an image transfer section, comprising:

• a supply stacker that supplies a printing medium;
• a card rotating section that changes a transport direction of the printing medium fed from the supply stacker;
• a first transport path that carries the printing medium in a first direction from the card rotating section;
• a second transport path that carries the printing medium in a second direction from the card rotating section;
• the image transfer section disposed in the first transport path to transfer an image to the printing medium;
• and
• an information recording section disposed in the second transport path to record information on the printing medium,
• wherein the supply stacker is disposed above the first transport path parallel along the first transport path,
• the first transport path and the second transport path carry the printing medium in mutually different angular directions, the first transport path is provided with a standby section between the card rotating section and the image transfer section to cause the printing medium to temporarily wait, and
• the image formation section and the image transfer section are disposed in a printing medium carrying direction of the first transport path that carries the printing medium toward the image transfer section from the card rotating section, in order of the image formation section and the image transfer section.