Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Marta Coma

Esteve Comas

Gonzalo Gaston

Francesc Melia

Roger Bastardas

Diana Pilar Pascual

Ainhoa Urbistondo

In one embodiment, a container or housing includes a body, a cavity and an aperture. A first and a second rotatable spindle are positioned within the cavity such that their long axes are substantially parallel, the first spindle to unwind unused wiping material, and the second spindle to wind used wiping material. A plurality of suspension devices connect to the body. A plurality of wipers are each connected to a discrete suspension device, each wiper including a wiping surface protruding through the aperture and each wiper to engage and wipe a discrete printhead during a wiping operation.

Printhead cleaner

A method of maintaining a fluid applicator unit of an image forming apparatus in which the fluid applicator unit includes a nozzle surface having nozzles is disclosed. The method includes ejecting fluid through nozzles of a fluid applicator unit of an image forming apparatus during a maintenance mode to maintain flow paths therethrough such that the fluid is emitted from the nozzles in a form of fluid drops. The method also includes receiving the fluid drops emitted from the nozzles during the maintenance mode on a receiving member to form waste liquid therefrom and directing the waste liquid from the receiving member to a waste receiving unit through a liquid passage. The method also includes directing aerosol formed from the fluid drops emitted from the nozzles to the aerosol receiving unit through an aerosol passage such that the aerosol passage is separate from the liquid passage and receiving the aerosol directed to the aerosol receiving unit.

Image forming apparatus, maintenance assembly usable with image forming apparatus, and method thereof

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