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An image transfer apparatus that records an image through selective heat and pressure application has an ink ribbon and a film disposed between a driving head and a flat platen. Color dyes of the ink ribbon are transferred to the film as the image. The image on the film is thus conveyed to a positio

An image transfer apparatus that records an image through selective heat and pressure application has an ink ribbon and a film disposed between a driving head and a flat platen. Color dyes of the ink ribbon are transferred to the film as the image. The image on the film is thus conveyed to a position for transferring the image to a recording sheet. The film and the recording sheet are pressed between a transfer roller and a conveyer roller with a pressure that sufficiently smoothes unevenness in the surface of the recording sheet. A high quality image is thus recorded on the recording sheet regardless of the surface condition of the recording sheet.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An image transfer apparatus that records an image through selective heat and pressure application, comprising:an image generating unit that includes an image carrying member and a layer of micro-capsules containing dye, each micro-capsule disposed in said layer of micro

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An image transfer apparatus that records an image through selective heat and pressure application, comprising:an image generating unit that includes an image carrying member and a layer of micro-capsules containing dye, each micro-capsule disposed in said layer of micro-capsules exhibiting a temperature/pressure characteristic such that, when said each micro-capsule is squashed under a corresponding predetermined pressure at a corresponding predetermined temperature, said dye seeps from said squashed micro-capsule and transfers to a surface of said image carrying member; andan image transfer unit that transfers said transferred dye as said image to a recording surface of a recording sheet, said image transfer unit configured to apply a pressure greater than said corresponding predetermined pressure to the recording sheet.