Abstract: A color dry silver (CDS) type color video printer using a color dry silver film on which a color printing is directly achieved, without using a copy sheet. The printer comprises a supply reel for supplying a CDS sheet, an exposure device for exposing the CDS sheet fed from the supply reel thereto to an optical image indicative of a picture to be printed, a capstan roller and a pinch roller for feeding the CDS sheet at a rate corresponding to an exposure rate of the exposure device, a cutting device for cutting the CDS sheet fed thereto at the trailing end of its portion exposed to the optical image, and a thermal development device for heating the cut CDS sheet so as to develop a latent image on the CDS sheet and discharging the CDS sheet through a discharging roller member.

Abstract: A heat-fixing apparatus for a color video printer. The heat-fixing apparatus comprises a heating member for heating an under surface of a receiver paper, thereby heat-fixing an image which has been developed on the receiver paper, and receiver paper feeding and discharging member for feeding the receiver paper, the receiver paper having been processed at a developing process, under the condition that the under surface thereof closely contact with the heating member, and discharging the receiver paper which has been processed at a heat-fixing process. The heating member comprises a rotary type heat roller, a stationary type heat tube or a stationary type heat cover plate.