Cleaning card with deformable cleaning elements for media transport device

A system, comprising:

• a media transport device comprising:
• a media transport path, and
• a drive roller positioned to move media along the media transport path;
• and
• a cleaning card, comprising:
• a substrate comprising a cleaning layer material,
• a deformable cleaning element comprising a border that surrounds an opening in the substrate, and in which:
• the opening is filled with a plurality of bristles,
• each of the bristles comprises the cleaning layer material and extends from the border into the opening, and
• the opening is positioned to contact the drive roller when the cleaning card is received into the media transport path, wherein:
• the bristles are configured to be co-planar with a lateral plane of the substrate before the cleaning card is inserted into the media transport device;
• and
• the bristles are configured to extend from the lateral plane of the substrate in a plurality of directions in response to contacting and cleaning the drive roller.

A media transport device cleaning card, comprising:

• a substrate comprising a cleaning layer material;
• and
• one or more deformable cleaning elements, each of which comprises a border that surrounds an opening in the substrate, and in which:
• each opening is filled with a plurality of bristles, and
• each of the bristles comprises the cleaning layer material and extends from the border into the opening,
• wherein the bristles are configured to be co-planar with a lateral plane of the substrate before the cleaning card is inserted into a media transport device, and to deform and extend from the lateral plane of the substrate in a plurality of directions in response to contacting and cleaning a drive roller in the media transport device.