receiver medium 25 in fig5 a printhead 54 represents the final printhead of a series wherein inter station dryers are positioned between the printheads a radiation source 56 is integrated with an air bearing structure 58 having a microporous filter 60 a web support such as a drum 62 consists of a radiation absorbing material the presence of air in this embodiment is solely for removal of the saturated boundary layer since the receiver material is not supported on an air bearing this embodiment allows for the radiation absorption by receiver medium 25 such that the bottom side of the receiver medium may be heated the microporous filter 60 has been curved to match the curvature of drum 62 and to provide more efficient air transfer however the inventive contribution of the present invention is not limited to a curved structure and may also include an array of small linear microstructures such that the desired area is covered likewise while not necessary but included in the illustration as a preferred version of this embodiment an optional radiation source 64 may be included on the side of drum 62 opposed the combined radiation and air source to increase the heating capacity of the drum and to allow the receiver medium to maintain a more constant temperature during slow print speeds in another embodiment one or more heater elements such as are described in u s pat no 4 982 207 not shown can be attached to the inside surface of the drum 62 to heat the.