Transfer apparatus

A transfer apparatus comprising:

• a light source;
• a transmission-type image display device in which a liquid crystal layer is held between a set of substrates and a set of polarizing plates;
• and
• a photosensitive recording medium,
• wherein the light source, the transmission-type image display device and the photosensitive recording medium are arranged in series along a direction in which light from the light source advances, and a display image transmitted from the transmission-type image display device is transferred to the photosensitive recording medium, and
• wherein the transmission-type image display device and the photosensitive recording medium are arranged in a non-contact state, and a distance between the transmission-type image display device and the photosensitive recording medium and a sum total of thicknesses of a substrate and a polarizing plate at least on a side of the photosensitive recording medium in the transmission-type image display device are set in accordance with a definition of the display image,
• wherein said sum total is not more than 1.0 mm.