A sheet buffering and inverting device comprising: a sheet transport path receiving a stream of sheets at a first location and feeding said stream to a second location, each of said sheets in said stream initially having an orientation with a first edge comprising a leading edge and a second edge opposite said first edge comprising a trailing edge; and a plurality of sheet inverter paths connected to said sheet transport path, each sheet inverter path comprising: a first gate diverting a selected sheet from said stream such that said first edge enters said sheet inverter path; a sheet transport device transporting said selected sheet away from said sheet transport path at least until said second edge is contained within said sheet inverter path, said sheet inverter path buffering said selected sheet and said sheet transport device subsequently reversing direction and transporting said selected sheet back to said sheet transport path such that said selected sheet is inserted into said stream; and a second gate guiding said selected sheet, as said selected sheet is inserted back into said stream, such that said orientation of said selected sheet is inverted with said second edge comprising said leading edge and said first edge comprising said trailing edge, characterized in that said sheet inverter paths each further having a first end adjacent said sheet transport path and a second end opposite said first end, said device further comprising an additional sheet transport path branching from said sheet transport path between said first location and said sheet inverter paths and connecting to said second end of each of said sheet inverter paths to allow sheets that do not require inverting to be buffered in said sheet inverter paths. a sheet transport path receiving a stream of sheets at a first location and feeding said stream to a second location, each of said sheets in said stream initially having an orientation with a first edge comprising a leading edge and a second edge opposite said first edge comprising a trailing edge; and a plurality of sheet inverter paths connected to said sheet transport path, each sheet inverter path comprising: a first gate diverting a selected sheet from said stream such that said first edge enters said sheet inverter path; a sheet transport device transporting said selected sheet away from said sheet transport path at least until said second edge is contained within said sheet inverter path, said sheet inverter path buffering said selected sheet and said sheet transport device subsequently reversing direction and transporting said selected sheet back to said sheet transport path such that said selected sheet is inserted into said stream; and a second gate guiding said selected sheet, as said selected sheet is inserted back into said stream, such that said orientation of said selected sheet is inverted with said second edge comprising said leading edge and said first edge comprising said trailing edge, characterized in that said sheet inverter paths each further having a first end adjacent said sheet transport path and a second end opposite said first end, said device further comprising an additional sheet transport path branching from said sheet transport path between said first location and said sheet inverter paths and connecting to said second end of each of said sheet inverter paths to allow sheets that do not require inverting to be buffered in said sheet inverter paths. a first gate diverting a selected sheet from said stream such that said first edge enters said sheet inverter path; a sheet transport device transporting said selected sheet away from said sheet transport path at least until said second edge is contained within said sheet inverter path, said sheet inverter path buffering said selected sheet and said sheet transport device subsequently reversing direction and transporting said selected sheet back to said sheet transport path such that said selected sheet is inserted into said stream; and a second gate guiding said selected sheet, as said selected sheet is inserted back into said stream, such that said orientation of said selected sheet is inverted with said second edge comprising said leading edge and said first edge comprising said trailing edge, characterized in that said sheet inverter paths each further having a first end adjacent said sheet transport path and a second end opposite said first end, said device further comprising an additional sheet transport path branching from said sheet transport path between said first location and said sheet inverter paths and connecting to said second end of each of said sheet inverter paths to allow sheets that do not require inverting to be buffered in said sheet inverter paths.