Ink jet printer having webs between stripper fingers

A computer printer for generating images on media sheets, the printer comprising:

• a printer housing including an outlet aperture and at least a first inlet aperture;
• a frame contained within the housing and connected thereto;
• a printing mechanism connected to the frame, the printing mechanism comprising an ink jet print head operable to expel droplets of ink onto an adjacent receiving surface;
• a ventilator connected to the frame and contained within the housing and operable to exhaust air through the outlet aperture;
• the housing including an air flow pathway passing between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture, and the ventilator being disposed in the air flow pathway, such that air flows along the air flow pathway in response to operation of the ventilator, at least a first portion of the air flow pathway passing through a position vertically above at least a first portion of the printing mechanism;
• a media transport mechanism connected to the frame and contained within the housing, the transport mechanism including a media pathway having at least a portion passing adjacent to at least a portion of the printing mechanism, such that media passing through the media pathway may be imprinted by the printing mechanism, the transport mechanism including a plurality of stripper fingers positioned adjacent the receiving surface, the fingers including gaps therebetween, each of the gaps being blocked at least partially to prevent debris transmission therethrough by a web spanning between adjacent ones of the fingers, such that debris entrained within the air flow pathway and falling downwardly therefrom tends to rest atop the web spanning between the adjacent fingers.