System and method for flipping a media sheet

A system and method for flipping a media sheet. The novel system ( 10 ) includes a first mechanism ( 20 ) for inputting a media sheet ( 12 ) with a leading edge ( 22 ) and a trailing edge ( 24 ), a second mechanism ( 14 ) for receiving and holding the media sheet ( 12 ), a third mechanism ( 15 ) for translating the second mechanism ( 14 ) from an input position ( 16 ) to an output position ( 18 ), and a fourth mechanism ( 26 ) for outputting the media sheet ( 12 ) leading with the former trailing edge ( 24 ). In an illustrative embodiment, the second mechanism ( 14 ) includes a series of slots, each slot adapted to receive and hold a media sheet. One sheet can be input into a slot at the input position ( 16 ) while another sheet is output from a slot at the output position ( 18 ). Several slots ( 14 ) may be incorporated into the mechanism ( 10 ), such that slots index from the input position ( 16 ) to the output position ( 18 ) with one or more intermediate stops in between.