An unfixed toner image on a transferring and fixing belt is passed through
a pair of toner integrating rollers. A surface side of the toner
integrated that is in contact with a paper, is heated by a halogen heater
to impart a tackiness required for fixing. As a result of this, a
temperature of a surface side of the toner that is in contact with the
transferring and fixing belt is not as high as a temperature of the
surface side of the toner that is in contact with the paper. Therefore,
even if the toner is pressurized, and transferred and fixed at a fixing
nip, a difference in an area of the toner is small. This enables to
achieve a good image quality.