An image fixing apparatus and an image forming method capable of favorably fixing
a toner containing a crystalline resin are provided. The image forming apparatus
passes a transfer medium having unfixed images formed of the toner containing a
crystalline resin between a heating member and a pressurizing member, thereby fixing
the unfixed images, using a cooling unit that controls a surface temperature of
the pressurizing member in which the surface temperature is controlled to a melting
point of the crystalline resin +30 C. or lower.
