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A wet wiping system is provided that is particularly useful for wiping an inkjet printhead that uses pigment based ink. A wet wiping method comprises an admitting step, where ink is admitted though printhead nozzles (80), either by firing the inkjet cartridge with a low thermal turn on energy (85), or through capillary action provided by placing the printhead in contact with a wicking pad (100; 120). In a dissolving step, any accumulated ink residue (88) adjacent the nozzles (80) is dissolved with the admitted ink (85; 110; 126; 130). In a wiping step, the admitted ink and any dissolved ink residue is wiped (60, 62; 95; 140) from the printhead. One wet wiper (60, 62; 95) has a cellulose acetate polyester blade (64; 96) supported on at least one side by a foam block (70; 98). The wicking pad may have a ramped portion (106) for gradually contacting the printhead (34, 36), or a domed wicking surface (124) that is compressed upon contact with the printhead (34, 36) to facilitate the capillary action. <IMAGE>
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