System and method for imaging in an ink jet printer for aqueous inks

A printer comprising a device of a surface preparation material removal. The Materialabtraggerat is designed with a tampon, which is mounted on a roller to selectively contact the surface preparation material on a surface of a rotating member in order to remove a part of the surface preparation material outside an area in which a print image is formed, the adhesiveness of the medium to reduce on the surface of the rotating member, wherein the medium emerging from a nip in which the print image is transferred to the medium.