PURPOSE: To enable to reduce the cost required for recording, by transferring a heat-fusible ink onto a recording paper without using any base film.

CONSTITUTION: A semisolid ink 81 is heat-fusible, and is supported by an ink retainer 6 and a filter substance 71. Electrodes 91 are recording electrodes consisting of multiple needle electrodes, and an elctrode 92 is an earthing electrode. When a voltage is impressed selectively on the multiple recording electrode 91 in accordance with an image signal, an electric current is passed between the selected recording electrode 91 and the earthing electrode 92 through the conductive filter substance 71. As a result, a predetermined part of the filter substance 71 generates Joule heat, whereby the semisolid ink 81 in the vicinity of the part is melted, the melted ink passes through the filter substance 71, and is transferred onto the recording paper 2, thereby obtaining a desired recorded image.