System and method for stripping media from an offset imaging member in an inkjet printer

A printer comprising:

• a print drum configured to receive ink ejected by a print head;
• a transfix roller located proximate to the print drum;
• a stripper blade system comprising:
• a metallic blade having a leading edge that is configured to have a thickness that is at most equal to one-half a thickness of a media sheet passing through a nip formed by the print drum and the transfix roller;
• a blade holder to which the metallic blade is mounted;
• a support arm having one end rotatably attached to a pivot positioned on one side of the blade holder and a second end that is positioned on a second side of the blade holder that is opposite the first side of the blade holder;
• an actuator having a moveable arm;
• a stop member positioned on the second side of the blade holder;
• a spring that is operatively connected at a first end to the moveable arm of the actuator and is operatively connected at a second end to the second end of the support arm;
• and
• a controller configured to operate the transfix roller to form a transfix nip with the print drum selectively and to operate the actuator to move the blade holder from a position in which the blade holder is out of engagement with the stop member to a position in which the blade holder contacts the stop member to bias the leading edge of the metallic blade against the print drum to facilitate removal of media from the print drum.