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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device and an image forming apparatus wherein both cold offsetting and hot offsetting in an end part of a fixing roller can be avoided. SOLUTION: In the fixing device provided with a fixing roller 2 having a heater 1 therein, an external heating member 11 for heating end parts of the fixing roller is disposed in the vicinity of an outer peripheral part of the fixing roller 2 so that this member 11 can be turned on/off independently of the heater 1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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