A fixing device including: a heating roller; a pressurizing roller,
pressed against the heating roller; a belt extension member, arranged on
an upstream side of a medium delivery direction with respect to the
pressurizing roller; a belt, wound around outer peripheries of the
pressurizing roller and the belt extension member, and moving while
forming a fixing nip portion between the heating roller and the belt; and
a member, moving the belt extension member rotationally to vary a winding
amount of the belt around the heating roller.