A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressure rotating body, a nip member, a supporting member, a heating source, a heat conducting member and a reflecting member. The aligned boring tool is then driven to bore an oversize hole through the worn brake assembly hole such that the worn brake assembly hole, including any worn extremities thereof, is consumed by the oversize hole, leaving a substantially cylindrical oversize hole. Alternately, a tab extends from a surface of the lid for removing the cartridge from a printhead.