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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device which forms an image of high quality by suppressing paper wrinkling, image shifting, etc., and further an image forming apparatus. SOLUTION: The fixing device which fixes a toner image carried on a sheet P is equipped with a rotatable fixing roll 61, an endless belt 62 which is movable in contact with the fixing roll 61, and a pressure pad 64 which is arranged inside the endless belt 62 and presses the endless belt 62 against the fixing roll 61 to form a nip part N where the sheet P passes between the fixing roll 61 and endless belt 62. The endless belt 62 is so formed that the peripheral length is longer at both end parts than at the center part. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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