A fixing device configured to fix the toner image borne on a side of a transfer material. The fixing device including a heating member configured to heat the toner image while contacting the toner image borne on the transfer material and a pressing member configured to press the transfer material to the heating member. Further, a surface of the pressing member has a property such that the toner particles forming the toner image are not electrostatically repelled from the transfer material toward the heating member.

 
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