Transfer device

A transfer device that uses an ink ribbon on which a plurality of types of ink panel planes of a predetermined width corresponding to a printing width of a recording medium are disposed in a frame sequential manner to transfer and print a transfer image, such as a character and an image, onto the recording medium, comprising:

• an image formation unit that conveys the ink ribbon and recording medium being held between a thermal head and a platen, and transfers the transfer image onto the recording medium;
• ink ribbon conveyance means for conveying the ink ribbon;
• recording medium conveyance means for conveying the recording medium;
• and
• control means for controlling the ink ribbon conveyance means and the recording medium conveyance means to control, in the image formation unit, beginning positions of a transfer start position of the ink panel and a transfer start position of the recording medium, wherein
• in controlling the beginning positions, the control means sets a transfer start position of a first ink panel in such a way that a center position in an ink ribbon conveyance direction of the transfer image transferred by the first ink panel that is located in a first section of the ink ribbon is put at a position which enables the entire transfer image to be placed within the first ink panel plane and which is closer to a next ink panel's side than a center of the first ink panel.