Intermediary transfer apparatus, fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a transfer member for carrying a toner image on a surface thereof and transferring the toner image to a recording medium;
• and
• a heating unit for selectively heating a part of the surface of a recording medium corresponding to the toner image in a width direction of the transfer member, the width direction of the transfer member perpendicularly intersecting the direction in which the recording medium is conveyed;
• wherein the heating unit is configured to separately heat plural heating parts of the recording medium in an axial direction in a range larger than a minimum resolution spot size for recording the toner image.