An automatic pre-printed sheets insertion system integratable into an
otherwise conventional printer, without requiring any additional space,
yet enabling the feeding of selected pre-printed sheets into the printer
output path, bypassing the print engine and fuser, yet integrating
collated with the output of regular sheets being regularly fed and
printed within the printer. It includes a separate insert sheets feeding
system and feeding path for feeding insert sheets from a bi-directional
sheet feed tray which can be mounted in the same location as a normal
sheet feed tray. The separate path can be through an existing inverter.
The special tray can be a dual-mode tray and/or a repositionable tray for
feeding blank or other normal sheets in one direction for printing and
for feeding insert sheets in the opposite direction to be integrated into
the printer output.