Removing residual toner from end seal regions of a developer roll of an imaging device

In an imaging device, a method to remove residual toner from end seal regions of a developer roll, the end seal regions contacting non-imaging regions of a photoconductive member of the imaging device wherein the non-imaging regions extend between an imaging region of the photoconductive member where latent images become developed during an imaging operation and terminal ends of the photoconductive member, comprising:

• discharging the non-imaging regions of the photoconductive member;
• electrostatically transferring residual toner from the end seal regions of the developer roll onto the discharged non-imaging regions of the photoconductive member;
• and
• removing the transferred residual toner from the non-imaging regions of the photoconductive member.