Printing process web cleaner

A web cleaner for removing particles and other debris that have a propensity to cling to the surface of a substrate used in a lithographic press, or the like, comprising;

• a) a plurality of idlers defined as cylinders and a web of substrate material held taut between the idlers, wherein said web is driven at high speeds by a printing press,
• b) a pair of counter rotating textured rollers positioned between the idlers with one roller unchangeably fixed on each side of the web in close proximity therewith, each roller rotating in an opposite direction to that of the web's direction of travel or the like,
• c) a plurality of air separating bar positioned at an angle between 90 degrees to 180 degrees to the web with one bar in immediate adjacent relationship each roller in immediate adjacent relationship therewith,
• d) a plenum enclosing each roller and air separating bar for collecting debris detached from the web surface by air currents formed by rotation of the rollers, which creates an air film on the web surface and also the rotation of the rollers creates a positive air pressure within each plenum, and
• e) means for receiving and storing debris connected to each plenum for accumulating debris removed from the web surface.