Fixing device

A fixing device for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material onto the recording material, the fixing device comprising:

• an endless fixing belt;
• a stretching roller configured to stretch the fixing belt;
• a nip portion forming member provided inside the fixing belt and configured to form a nip portion which fixes the toner image on the recording material;
• a pressing rotatable member disposed across the fixing belt opposite to the nip portion forming member and configured to press the fixing belt;
• a steering roller configured to move the fixing belt in a widthwise direction crossing a conveyance direction of the recording material;
• and
• a lubricant applying member extended inside the fixing belt and in the widthwise direction, and configured to apply a lubricant to an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt by contacting the inner peripheral surface,
• wherein with respect to the widthwise direction, the lubricant applying member includes a first region, and second regions provided on both ends of the first region and in which an amount of the lubricant contained per unit length is smaller than an amount of the lubricant contained per unit length in the first region, and
• wherein in a state in which the fixing belt is deviated in a first direction side most by the steering roller, a belt end portion on a side opposite to the first direction side is positioned in the second region.