Patent ID: 8050614

Claim:
A hard image forming apparatus comprising: an imaging member comprising a surface; a development system configured to provide a marking agent to the surface of the imaging member to form developed images upon the surface of the imaging member which correspond to latent images formed using the surface of the imaging member; a transfer system configured to transfer the developed images from the surface of the imaging member to media; a charging system; a cleaning system; a contamination removal device configured to remove contamination material from the surface of the imaging member; and a control system configured to control the contamination removal device to contact the surface of the imaging member to remove the contamination material from the surface of the imaging member at a first moment in time and to space the contamination removal device from the surface of the imaging member at a second moment in time where the contamination removal device does not remove the contamination material from the surface of the imaging member, wherein the contamination removal device is positioned adjacent to the surface of the imaging member at a position between the charging system and the cleaning system with respect to a process direction of the surface of the imaging member.