Processing device, control method, and transfer medium

A control method for controlling a process portion configured to perform medium processing on a transfer medium, subsequent to or prior to ejection of ink, the ink being configured to form an image to be transferred from the transfer medium to a transfer-receival medium, the control method comprising:

• causing the process portion to perform one of
• the medium processing of forming additional information on the transfer medium in a non-transfer mode, or
• the medium processing of implementing a restriction procedure on the additional information formed on the transfer medium, or
• the medium processing of implementing an image transfer procedure on the image formed on the transfer medium, and not implementing an information transfer procedure on the additional information formed on the transfer medium, wherein
• the non-transfer mode is a mode in which the additional information is not transferred from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium in a transfer process of transferring the image from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium,
• the restriction procedure is a procedure that restricts the information transfer procedure from being implemented on the additional information formed on the transfer medium,
• the information transfer procedure is a procedure for transferring the additional information from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium in the transfer process, and
• the image transfer procedure is a procedure for transferring the image from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium in the transfer process.

A transfer medium comprising:

• a base material;
• a receival layer being a layer disposed on the base material and being a layer subsequent to or prior to ink being ejected thereon, the ink being configured to form an image to be transferred to a transfer-receival medium;
• and
• additional information, wherein
• the additional information is formed on the transfer medium in a non-transfer mode, or
• a restriction procedure is implemented on the additional information, or
• an image transfer procedure is implemented on the image formed by the ink received by the receival layer, and an information transfer procedure is not implemented on the additional information,
• the non-transfer mode is a mode in which, in a transfer process of transferring the image formed by the ink received by the receival layer from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium, the additional information is not transferred from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium,
• the restriction procedure is a procedure that restricts the information transfer procedure from being implemented on the additional information,
• the information transfer procedure is a procedure for transferring the additional information from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium in the transfer process, and
• the image transfer procedure is a procedure for transferring the image from the transfer medium to the transfer-receival medium in the transfer process.