A fixing apparatus for fixing a visible image, including a first rotating
device for rotatably fixing a visible image transferred on a medium from
a transfer device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on
a latent image bearing body with a developer, and a second rotating
device for rotatably supporting the first rotating device while the first
rotating device fixes the visible image on the medium, the second
rotating device being positioned to form a transfer pass for the medium
with the first rotating device, wherein the developer contains a toner
having a volume mean grain size of from 5 to 10 micrometers and a grain
size not larger than 5 micrometers accounting for 60 through 80 number
percent, and the first rotating device has a surface resistivity between
1.times.10.sup.7 through 1.times.10.sup.10 .OMEGA./square.