The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a first
motor for driving said image bearing member, a fixing unit which fixes an
image transferred from said image bearing member to a recording material
onto the recording material and a second motor for driving said fixing
unit, wherein said fixing unit is started up by said first motor and then
driven by said second motor. Thereby, costs on the second motor for
driving the fixing apparatus, which is disposed separately from the first
motor for driving the image forming apparatus, can be restrained.