[Object] To provide a fixing device in which thermal energy required for
fixing a toner can be reduced to a large extent, a rising time for the
fixation after energization is shortened, and the energization is not
required during standby time.
[Means for Solution] The fixing device is characterized by including: a
preliminary fixing member A for pressurizing a toner attached to a
surface of a recording medium in a thickness direction of the recording
medium to preliminarily fix the toner onto the recording medium so as to
remove an air existing between toner particles; and a main fixing member
B for pressurizing the preliminarily fixed toner in the thickness
direction of the recording medium, and for simultaneously heating and
fusing the toner from a back surface side of the recording medium, to
thereby mainly fix the toner onto the recording medium.