Patent ID: 8364054

Claim:
A method for treating a surface of an image member of a xerographic imaging apparatus comprising: providing an image member, wherein an outer surface of the image member comprises one or more of fluoropolymers, silicone elastomers, thermoelastomers, resins, and combinations thereof and is contaminated from a xerographic printing process by one or more of a release agent and a toner material; imagining, using the image member in the xerographic imaging apparatus, one or more articles for reproduction; and irradiating, by a lamp positioned within the xerographic imaging apparatus, the contaminated surface of the image member at one or more ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths to apply a combined UV and ozone treatment so as to reduce a contamination of the contaminated surface, wherein the contamination comprises toner resin, PDMS gelled oil, and toner resin byproducts.