Patent ID: 7177578

Claim:
A process for cleaning, comprising: heating and pressuring a cleaning sheet with a heating and pressuring means, the cleaning sheet being fed through an image forming apparatus such that stains are removed, wherein the heating and pressuring means is at least one of a fixing belt and a fixing roller; and the cleaning sheet has a support and a layer containing a thermoplastic resin over the support, wherein the cleaning sheet is in a form of a roll which is used after being cut so as to satisfy at least one of the following formulae: L1 (cm)>L2 (cm) and L1 (cm)>L3 (cm), wherein L 1 is a length of the cleaning sheet in a direction of feeding the cleaning sheet, L 2 a perimeter of the fixing roller, and L 3 a perimeter of the fixing belt, and wherein the process satisfies at least one of the following formulae: L2 (cm)>L4 (cm) and L3 (cm)>L4 (cm) wherein L 2 and L 3 are the same as L 2 and L 3 above, respectively, and L 4 represents a length of a smallest electrophotographic image-receiving sheet in a direction of feeding the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet.