Media path crossover clearance for printing system

A media path crossover comprising:

• a first crossover pathway on which sheets of print media are conveyed across a crossover junction without interruption from a first bypass pathway to a second bypass pathway;
• a second crossover pathway on which sheets of print media are conveyed across the same crossover junction without interruption from the second bypass pathway to the first bypass pathway, the second crossover pathway intersecting the first crossover pathway at the crossover junction;
• the first crossover pathway comprises a first input path and a first output path and the second crossover pathway comprises a second input path and a second output path;
• and,
• the first input path separate from the second input path wherein the sheets on the first crossover pathway traverse the junction in intersheet gaps selectively between the sheets traversing the junction on the second crossover pathway.

A printing system comprising:

• a first print media processing unit upstream from a media path crossover and a second print media processing unit downstream from the media path crossover;
• the media path crossover comprising:
• a first crossover pathway on which sheets of print media are conveyed in a staggered arrangement, the first crossover pathway receiving print media which has bypassed the first print media processing unit, and
• a second crossover pathway on which sheets of print media are conveyed in a staggered arrangement, the second crossover pathway receiving print media from the first print media processing unit, the second crossover pathway intersecting the first crossover pathway at a crossover junction, one of the first and second crossover pathways being connected with the second print media processing unit for selectively conveying print media in a staggered arrangement to the second print media processing unit;
• and,
• the crossover junction having a first input path independent from a second input path wherein the sheets on the first crossover pathway traverse the crossover junction in intersheet gaps selectively between the sheets traversing the crossover junction on the second crossover pathway.

A printing system comprising:

• a first crossover pathway of a print media crossover for conveying sheets of print media in a staggered arrangement from a first bypass pathway to a second bypass pathway;
• a second crossover pathway of the print media crossover for conveying sheets of print media in a staggered arrangement from the second bypass pathway to the first bypass pathway, wherein the second crossover pathway intersects the first crossover pathway at a junction;
• the first crossover pathway comprises a first input path and a first output path and the second crossover pathway comprises a second input path and a second output path;
• the first input path separate from the second input path;
• and,
• wherein the junction connects the first input path and the first output path and connects the second input path and the second output path.