A web transport system for transporting a web of media along a web-transport path, comprising: a fluid bar disposed along the web-transport path, the web of media being guided as it passes the fluid bar with a first surface of the web of media facing an exterior bearing surface of the fluid bar, wherein a liquid is pumped through holes in the bearing surface of the fluid bar and into a region between the first surface of the web of media and the bearing surface of the fluid bar, thereby pushing the web of media away from the fluid bar, and wherein the fluid bar is not submerged in a liquid; and characterized by a scavenger blade disposed along the web-transport path downstream of the fluid bar, the scavenger blade spanning the web of media in a cross-track direction and including a sharp blade edge facing the first surface of the web of media, the sharp blade edge being spaced apart from the first surface of the web of media by a gap distance of at least 0.20 mm, wherein the web of media does not contact the scavenger blade and the web of media is not redirected as it passes by the scavenger blade, and wherein the scavenger blade removes at least some liquid from the first surface of the web of media as it passes by the scavenger blade, thereby reducing the amount of liquid that is carried along to portions of the web-transport path that are downstream of the scavenger blade; wherein the scavenger blade includes a first surface on one side of the blade edge facing towards the fluid bar and a second surface on an opposite side of the blade edge facing away from the fluid bar, wherein the first surface of the scavenger blade is a substantially planar surface and the second surface of the scavenger blade is a curved surface, wherein the first and second surfaces meet to form the sharp blade edge along a leading edge of the scavenger blade, and wherein the scavenger blade draws away at least a portion of the liquid being carried along by the web of media from the first surface of the web of media as it passes over the sharp blade edge such that at least some of the drawn away portion of the liquid flows down the second surface of the scavenger blade. a fluid bar disposed along the web-transport path, the web of media being guided as it passes the fluid bar with a first surface of the web of media facing an exterior bearing surface of the fluid bar, wherein a liquid is pumped through holes in the bearing surface of the fluid bar and into a region between the first surface of the web of media and the bearing surface of the fluid bar, thereby pushing the web of media away from the fluid bar, and wherein the fluid bar is not submerged in a liquid; and characterized by a scavenger blade disposed along the web-transport path downstream of the fluid bar, the scavenger blade spanning the web of media in a cross-track direction and including a sharp blade edge facing the first surface of the web of media, the sharp blade edge being spaced apart from the first surface of the web of media by a gap distance of at least 0.20 mm, wherein the web of media does not contact the scavenger blade and the web of media is not redirected as it passes by the scavenger blade, and wherein the scavenger blade removes at least some liquid from the first surface of the web of media as it passes by the scavenger blade, thereby reducing the amount of liquid that is carried along to portions of the web-transport path that are downstream of the scavenger blade; wherein the scavenger blade includes a first surface on one side of the blade edge facing towards the fluid bar and a second surface on an opposite side of the blade edge facing away from the fluid bar, wherein the first surface of the scavenger blade is a substantially planar surface and the second surface of the scavenger blade is a curved surface, wherein the first and second surfaces meet to form the sharp blade edge along a leading edge of the scavenger blade, and wherein the scavenger blade draws away at least a portion of the liquid being carried along by the web of media from the first surface of the web of media as it passes over the sharp blade edge such that at least some of the drawn away portion of the liquid flows down the second surface of the scavenger blade.