Apparatus for either continuous or intermittent thermal transfer recording

A thermal transfer recording apparatus, which records an image on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet on said recording medium, comprising:

• ink sheet conveyance means for conveying said ink sheet in a first direction by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• a recording medium conveyance means for conveying said recording medium;
• recording means for recording an image on said recording medium by operating on said ink sheet which is conveyed by said ink sheet conveyance means;
• detection means for detecting whether or not an image data to be recorded intermittently occurs and providing a detection result;
• and
• control means for controlling recording by changing the amount of conveyance of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium in accordance with the detection result of said detection means.

A thermal transfer recording apparatus, which records an image on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet on said recording medium, comprising:

• transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving an image signal as an image data;
• storage means for storing a received image signal;
• ink sheet conveyance means for conveying said ink sheet by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• recording medium conveyance means for conveying said recording medium;
• recording means for recording an image on said recording medium by operating on said ink sheet which is conveyed by said ink sheet conveyance means;
• detection means for detecting whether the image data stored in said storage means will be recorded or recording will be performed by synchronizing with the received image signal by said transmitting and receiving means and having a detection result;
• and
• control means which controls recording by changing the amount of conveyance of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium in accordance with the detection result of said detection means.

A thermal transfer recording apparatus for transferring an ink of an ink sheet onto a recording medium, to record an image and using a recording head which acts on said ink sheet to record said image, comprising:

• transmitting and receiving means for transmitting and receiving an image signal;
• storage means for storing a received image signal as an image data;
• ink sheet conveyance means for conveying said ink sheet by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• recording medium conveyance means for conveying said recording medium;
• detection means for detecting whether the image data stored in said storage means will be recorded or recording will be performed by synchronizing with the received image signal by said transmitting and receiving means and having a detection result;
• and
• control means for changing the amount of conveyance of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium in accordance with the detection result of said detection means.

A thermal transfer recording method for recording an image on a recording medium by transferring an ink from an ink sheet to said recording medium, comprising the steps of:

• conveying said ink sheet in a first direction by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• conveying said recording medium;
• recording said image on said recording medium by operating on said ink sheet which is conveyed;
• detecting an occurrence of an image data to be recorded intermittently and providing a detection result;
• and
• controlling said recording by changing an amount of said conveying of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium according to the result of said detecting.

A thermal transfer recording apparatus, which records an image on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet on said recording medium, comprising:

• ink sheet conveyance means for conveying said ink sheet by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• a recording medium conveyance means for conveying said recording medium;
• recording means for recording an image on said recording medium by operating on said ink sheet which is conveyed by said ink sheet conveyance means;
• detection means for detecting whether the recording is intermittent or continuous and providing a detection result;
• and
• control means for controlling the recording by changing the amount of conveyance of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium in accordance with the detection result of said detection means.

A thermal transfer recording apparatus, which records an image on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet on said recording medium, comprising:

• receiving means for receiving an image signal;
• storage means for storing a received image signal as an image data;
• ink sheet conveyance means for conveying said ink sheet by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• recording medium conveyance means for conveying said recording medium;
• recording means for recording an image on said recording medium by operating on said ink sheet which is conveyed by said ink sheet conveyance means;
• detection means for detecting whether the recording is intermittent or continuous by said receiving means and outputting a detection result;
• and
• control means which controls the recording by changing the amount of conveyance of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium in accordance with the detection result of said detection means.

A thermal transfer recording apparatus for transferring an ink of an ink sheet onto a recording medium, for recording to an image and using a recording head which acts on said ink sheet to record said image, comprising:

• receiving means for receiving an image signal;
• storage means for storing a received image signal as an image data;
• ink sheet conveyance means for conveying said ink sheet by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• recording medium conveyance means for conveying said recording medium;
• detection means for detecting whether the recording is intermittent or continuous by said receiving means and outputting a detection result;
• and
• control means for changing the amount of conveyance of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium in accordance with the detection result of said detection means.

A thermal transfer recording method for recording an image on a recording medium by transferring an ink from an ink sheet to said recording medium, comprising the steps of:

• conveying said ink sheet by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• conveying said recording medium;
• recording said image on said recording medium by operating on said ink sheet which is conveyed;
• detecting whether the recording is intermittent or continuous and providing a detection result;
• and
• controlling said recording by changing an amount of said conveying of said ink sheet relative to said recording medium according to the result of said detecting.

A thermal transfer recording apparatus, which records an image on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet on said recording medium, comprising:

• ink sheet conveyance means for conveying said ink sheet by an amount relative to said recording medium;
• a recording medium conveyance means for conveying said recording medium;
• recording means for recording an image on said recording medium by operating on said ink sheet which is conveyed by said ink sheet conveyance means;
• detection means for detecting whether the recording is intermittent or continuous and providing a detection result;
• and
• control means for controlling said ink sheet conveying means to change a relative conveyance speed of the recording medium and the ink sheet in accordance with the detection result of said detection means.