Patent ID: 6925283

Claim:
A printing system comprising: at least two marking engines for outputting multiple printed media sheets in at least two moving streams, at least one finishing station for post-processing said printed media sheets, said finishing station comprising a sheet stacking tray for compiling said marking engine printed media sheets therein, and a selectably variable array of a plural number of print media sheet feeder modules operatively connectable between said at least two moving streams of printed media sheets from said at least two marking engines and said at least one finishing station to selectably feed said printed media sheets therebetween, each of said plural print media sheet feeder modules comprising substantially linear and spaced apart first and second sheet feed through paths and a third sheet feed through path that crosses said first and second sheet feed through paths and partially merges in and out of said first and second sheet feed through paths, said plural print media sheet feeder modules being arrayed to optionally variably feed said printed media sheets through at least one said print media sheet feeder module to another said print media sheet feeder module.