A belt-type fixing device is provided that allows reduction in driving
torque for a fixing belt without deteriorating performance of heat
transfer from a heating roller to the fixing belt.The belt-type fixing
device of the present invention has an endless-sheet-like fixing belt to
be heated that is wound around a rotatable heating roller and around a
nip forming member fixed so as to be incapable of rotating, and has a
pressurizing roller that can be driven to rotate and that is in pressure
contact with the nip forming member with the fixing belt interposed
between. Contact part between the fixing belt and the pressurizing roller
forms a fixing nip. For a tension load W [N] on the fixing belt that is
driven and rotated by the pressurizing roller, and a width L [m] of the
fixing belt, W/L is set in a range from 18.0 to 107.9 [N/m].