1. A method for controlling supply of energy to respective printing elements of a thermotransfer print head to melt ink carried on an ink carrier of an ink carrier device to transfer said ink onto a print medium, said method comprising the steps of: for a printing element of a thermotransfer head being used to print an image point of a print image, comprising at least one print image type, automatically electronically determining the print image type at said image point; and automatically supplying energy to said printing element to melt said ink, dependent on said print image type at said image point.