To perform high-quality transfer without any thermal deformation of bending in the manufacturing process of a recording medium for transferring an information signal generated on a stamper to a substrate.
When the fine recessed and projected parts of a stamper having an information signal formed as fine recessed and projected parts on a main surface are transferred to a substrate, the main surface of the substrate and the main surface having the fine recessed and projected parts of the stamper are placed oppositely, and abutted on each other, the substrate and the stamper in the abutted state are pressurized by specified pressures, and the temperature of only the abutted surface layer of the stamper of the substrate is increased to a glass transition temperature or higher.
KIKUCHI SHUICHI