Patent ID: 8064813

Claim:
A method of controlling a speed of a fuser cleaner web in a fuser apparatus, the fuser cleaner web for cleaning a fuser roll and being disposed between the fuser roll and a web nip roll, the fuser cleaner web being unwound from a web supply roll and wound onto a take up roll, the take up roll being driven by a motor, comprising: determining an angular displacement of the motor from a start of the fuser cleaner web being unwound from the web supply roll; and controlling a speed of the motor to maintain a substantially constant fuser cleaner web speed, wherein the speed of the motor is controlled based on the determined angular displacement of the motor and a changing diameter of the take up roll, the changing diameter of the take up roll including a diameter of the fuser cleaner web as it is wound onto the take up roll, wherein the motor speed is further controlled based at least one of a fusing speed of the fuser roll and a gear ratio of gears driving the motor.