Air-based photoreceptor sheet stripper

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a frame;
• a transfer surface directly or indirectly connected to the frame, wherein the transfer surface is adapted to contact and transfer marking material to a printing side of sheets of media;
• a transport device directly or indirectly connected to the frame, wherein the transport device is adjacent the transfer surface, wherein a gap is present between the transfer surface and the transport device, and wherein the sheets of media are moved by the transfer surface across the gap to the transport device in a processing direction;
• a curved baffle directly or indirectly connected to the frame, wherein the curved baffle is adjacent a back side of the sheets of media that is opposite to the printing side of the sheets of media;
• and
• an air outlet directly or indirectly connected to the frame, wherein the air outlet is positioned adjacent the back side of the sheets of media, and wherein the air outlet is adapted to direct a stream of air along the curved baffle and between the curved baffle and the back side of the sheets of media.

A printing method comprising:

• transferring marking material to a printing side of sheets of media using a photoreceptor;
• moving the sheets of media from the photoreceptor across a gap to a transport device in a processing direction;
• and
• directing a stream of air toward a baffle using an air outlet, wherein the baffle is adjacent a back side of the sheets of media that is opposite to the printing side of the sheets of media.