Patent ID: 8322842

Claim:
A method of operating a release agent application system of an imaging device, the method comprising: disabling print operations; with print operations disabled, pumping release agent from a reservoir of a release agent application system of an imaging device to a reclaim receptacle of the release agent application system until the reclaim receptacle is substantially filled with release agent; after filling the reclaim receptacle with release agent, moving a release agent applicator and a metering blade of the release agent application system into engagement with an image transfer surface of an image receiving member; rotating the image receiving member for a predetermined duration while maintaining the release agent applicator and the metering blade in engagement with the image transfer surface, the release agent applicator being at least partially submerged in the release agent in the reclaim receptacle and configured to deliver the release agent from the reclaim receptacle to the image transfer surface, the metering blade being positioned to meter the delivered release agent onto the image transfer surface; after the predetermined duration, moving the release agent applicator out of contact with the transfer surface and moving the metering blade out of contact with the transfer surface; and enabling print operations.