A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes
first and second belts rotatably disposed opposite to each other such
that the recording medium having the toner image thereon moves
therebetween, a fixing roller disposed in contact with an inner surface
of the first belt, a pressure roller disposed in contact with an inner
surface of the second belt, the fixing and pressure rollers forming a
first nip part therebetween, a first supporting member disposed
downstream of the fixing roller and held in contact with the inner
surface of the first belt, and a second supporting member disposed
downstream of the pressure roller and held in contact with the inner
surface of the second belt. A second nip part is formed downstream of the
first nip portion and upstream of the first and second supporting members
facing each other via the first and second belts.