Transport device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium;
• a first transport body that is one of a heating member and a pressing member;
• and
• a fixing device, the fixing device including:
• a second transport body that is the other of the heating member and the pressing member, that is movable between a contact position and a separate position with respect to the first transport body, and that nips the recording medium with the first transport body at the contact position;
• and
• a transport section that includes a holder to hold a leading end portion of the recording medium and that transports the recording medium while the holder holds the leading end portion, toward a nip region where the first transport body and the second transport body nip the recording medium in a state in which the second transport body is located at the separate position,
• wherein, after holding of the leading end portion by the holder for the recording medium transported by the transport section has been released, the second transport body moves from the separate position to the contact position, nips the recording medium with the first transport body, and fixes the image formed on the recording medium by the image forming section to the recording medium, and
• wherein the second transport body nips the recording medium with the first transport body after a trailing end of the recording medium has passed through the image forming section.