Patent ID: 8800748

Claim:
A justifier apparatus for switching a transported item from bottom justification to top justification, or from top justification to bottom justification, the apparatus comprising: a first transport configured for transporting variable sized items justified along a first side; a justifier module downstream of the first transport, the justifier module configured to transport an item in a downstream direction and to move the item from justification along the first side to justification along a second side, opposite from the first side; a controller configured for controlling the justifier module to laterally displace the item, from justification on the first side to justification on the second side, as a function of a lateral height of the item; a second transport downstream of the justifier module for transporting variable sized items justified along the second side; a second justifier module downstream of the second transport configured to transport the item in the downstream direction and to move the item from justification along the second side to justification along the first side; and wherein the controller is configured to control the second justifier module to laterally displace the item for justification on the first side as a function of the lateral height of the item; and wherein the second transport is comprised of a postage printing device.