Patent ID: 6898388

Claim:
A fixing device that applies at least heat and a pressure to a recording material on which toner is carried in the form of an image pattern to form an unfixed toner image, and fixes the unfixed toner image on the recording material to obtain a toner image, the fixing device comprising: a heating and temporarily fixing unit that applies at least heat to the unfixed toner image formed on the recording material to soften or melt the toner of the unfixed toner image into a state of being able to be deformed by an external force; and an image gloss control unit that presses the toner, while the toner is maintained in the state of being able to be deformed by an external force, with a pressing surface to flow the toner, the pressing surface having a temperature adjusted to become lower than a temperature at which the toner can be deformed by an external force by the heating and temporarily fixing unit, wherein the image gloss control unit includes a heating member that heats the pressing surface.