Compact inverter for cut sheet media

A media inverting system for a cut sheet printing system, comprising:

• a first media transport for advancing a media sheet along a first media transport path in a first direction, the media sheet having a first side that contacts the first media transport and an opposing second side;
• a rotatable member adapted to receive the media sheet from the first media transport at a first transfer position and rotate to advance the media sheet around the rotatable member to a second transfer position, the rotatable member having a rotation axis that is substantially parallel to the first direction, wherein the second transfer position is on an opposite side of the rotatable member from the first transfer position;
• a rotatable member force mechanism switchable between a first state and a second state, wherein when the rotatable member force mechanism is in the first state the second side of the media sheet is held to the rotatable member, and when the rotatable member force mechanism is in the second state the media sheet is released from being held to the rotatable member;
• and
• a second media transport for receiving the media sheet from the rotatable member at the second transfer position and advancing the media sheet along a second media transport path in a second direction that is substantially parallel to the first direction, the rotatable member being positioned between the first media transport and the second media transport;
• wherein the first side of the transferred media sheet contacts the second media transport, and wherein an orientation of the first and second sides of the media sheet is inverted while the media sheet is advanced along the second transport path relative to an orientation of the first and second sides of the media sheet while the media sheet is advanced along the first transport path;
• wherein the rotatable member is a belt system including:
• a first belt travelling around a first plurality of rollers;
• and
• a second belt travelling around a different second plurality of rollers;
• wherein the first and second belts are adapted to invert first and second media sheets, respectively, that are advanced adjacent to one another by the first media transport.