An abrasion-resistant layer (50) of which a printing surface which is brought into contact with a thermal recording medium is formed on a temporary substrate (70) for manufacturing which has a trench having a semi-circular cross section in its surface. A heating layer (51), conductive layers (52a and 52b) constituting electrodes connected to the heating layer, protection layer (54a) and a regenerating layer (58) are built up on the surface of the abrasion-resistant layer to form a printing part. Further, a driving (IC55) which is connected to the conductive layers and controls a heating power supplied to the printing part and wiring parts (53) with which the driving (IC55) is connected to an external circuit are formed. The printing part and a radiation member (59) are fixed to each other with resin (62) and a common electrode (84) connected to the conductive layer (52a), a wiring (56) and a radiation member are fixed to each other with double-sided adhesive tapes (82 and 83). After the whole surface except the substrate (70) is covered with etching resist (85), the substrate is removed by etching to expose the printing surface protruding outward.