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Abstract

Cleaning cards and methods of using cleaning cards to clean interior components of a media transport device are disclosed. The cleaning card comprises a substrate having a cleaning layer material and a deformable cleaning element. The deformable cleaning element comprises a border that surrounds an opening. The opening is substantially filled with bristles, each of which comprises the cleaning layer material and extends from the border into opening. The bristles are co-planar with a lateral plane of the substrate before the cleaning card is used to clean a media transport device. The card is received into the device, and the bristles are positioned against a drive roller in a media transport path of the device. The drive roller is turned, which causes the bristles to deform and extend from the lateral plane of the substrate in multiple directions while contacting and cleaning the drive roller.

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