Printing device and printing method

A printer device comprising:

• first conveying means for conveying an intermediate transfer medium provided with a transferring layer having a prescribed pattern;
• printing means for printing prescribed information on the transferring layer of the intermediate transfer medium conveyed by the first conveying means;
• second conveying means for conveying an image receiving medium;
• pressurizing means for press fitting the intermediate transfer medium conveyed by the first conveying means and the image receiving means conveyed by the second conveying means at a prescribed pressure;
• detecting means having a contacting member which moves vertically to contact a surface of the image receiving medium for detecting a thickness of the image receiving medium by a vertically moving distance of the contacting member;
• adjusting means for adjusting the prescribed pressure applied by the pressurizing means to maintain the prescribed pressure at a fixed level according to the detected thickness of the image receiving medium;
• and
• transferring means for transferring the transferring layer of the intermediate transfer medium press fitted by the pressurizing means on the image receiving medium together with the prescribed information printed on the transferring layer,
• wherein the second conveying means includes
• a first conveying roller pair arranged at the upper stream side in the conveying direction of the image receiving medium to the transferring means;
• a second conveying roller pair arranged at the downstream side in the conveying direction;
• and
• a drive controller to rotate the first and second conveying roller pairs in the reverse directions each other so as to suppress the swelling of a seam of a prescribed opened page of the image receiving medium.