A pressurizing unit includes an elastic member that has an entering portion on a side from where a recording medium enters a nip portion, an exit portion on a side from where the recording medium exits the nip portion, and a center portion between the entering portion and the exit portion. The elastic modulus of the center portion is higher than elastic moduli of the entering portion and the exit portion.

 
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