Fixing device and image forming system

Abstract

A fixing device includes a heating member configured to heat a toner image on a front surface of a recording medium; a pressing member having an outer circumferential surface formed with a concave portion into which a gripping portion configured to grip a front end side of the recording medium enters, the pressing member being configured to rotate and press the recording medium together with the heating member; a moving portion configured to cause the heating member and the pressing member to relatively move between a position where the heating member comes into contact with the outer circumferential surface of the pressing member directly or via the recording medium and a position where the heating member moves away from the outer circumferential surface of the pressing member when the concave portion passes; and a switching portion configured to switch, between high and low, a load to be applied to a contact portion between the heating member and the outer circumferential surface of the pressing member in accordance with a type of the recording medium or a selection by a user.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.