A fixing device configured to fix the toner image borne on a side of a
transfer material. The fixing device including a heating member
configured to heat the toner image while contacting the toner image borne
on the transfer material and a pressing member configured to press the
transfer material to the heating member. Further, a surface of the
pressing member has a property such that the toner particles forming the
toner image are not electrostatically repelled from the transfer material
toward the heating member.