An image heating apparatus includes a first belt contactable to an image
on a recording material to heat the image; a second belt for forming a
nip with the first belt; a first pressing pad for pressing the first belt
in the nip; a second pressing pad for pressing the second belt toward the
first pressing pad, wherein the first pressing pad has a surface
roughness Rz of not more than 20 .mu.m, and the second pressing pad has a
surface roughness Rz of 50-300 .mu.m.