Patent ID: 7214275
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: B08B,B32B,B41J,G03G,G06K,G11B,H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of cleaning a head of a printer, comprising the steps of: providing a base material having first and second surfaces and a leading end and a trailing end; providing an abrasive cleaning sheet having distal and proximal ends, an adhesive substrate being disposed on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the base material and proximal to the abrasive cleaning sheet, the abrasive cleaning sheet and the adhesive substrate being disposed proximate the leading end of the base material and being adapted to clean at least one of reading, writing and scan heads (r/w/s heads) of a printer when the printer is disposed in a normally-engaged position, at least the distal end of the abrasive cleaning sheet being adhered to the leading end of the base material; feeding the base material into a printing path of a printer when the printer is disposed in a normally-engaged position; and moving the base material at least partially through a printer such that the abrasive cleaning sheet contacts at least a head of the printer.