Patent ID: 8433235

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: a fixing rotative body; a pressuring rotative body configured to form a fixing nip part between the pressuring rotative body and the fixing rotative body by contacting the fixing rotative body; a heating part configured to heat at least one of the fixing rotative body and the pressuring rotative body; a pressing part configured to apply a pressure to the fixing nip part; and a control part configured to control the pressure to be applied to the fixing nip part by the pressing part, to be lower than a case in which a recording medium passes through a curl correcting part for correcting a curl of the recording medium, when the recording medium does not pass through the curl correcting part, wherein an unfixed image carried by the recording medium is passed through the fixing nip part being pressed by the fixing rotative body and the pressuring rotative body, and is fixed to the recording medium.