METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR REUSING A CLEANING WEB TO CLEAN A FUSER UNIT

An approach is provided for reusing a cleaning web to clean portions of a fuser unit. The approach involves causing a cleaning web supply mechanism to feed a cleaning web having a first surface and a second surface to the portions of the fuser unit. The approach also involves causing a cleaning web...

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Hauptverfasser: RUIZ ERWIN, RUSSEL STEVEN, JENSEN CHRISTOPHER ALAN, MONAHAN MELISSA ANN, SWING JEFFREY NYYSSONEN
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An approach is provided for reusing a cleaning web to clean portions of a fuser unit. The approach involves causing a cleaning web supply mechanism to feed a cleaning web having a first surface and a second surface to the portions of the fuser unit. The approach also involves causing a cleaning web receiving mechanism to receive the cleaning web following a cleaning process in which the first surface of the cleaning web is used to clean at least one of the portions of the fuser unit. The approach further involves causing the cleaning web receiving mechanism to return the cleaning web to the portions of the fuser unit to clean at least one of the portions of the fuser unit using the second surface of the cleaning web.