A wide latitude printing system is provided for printing on a wide variety
of different types, sizes, formats and weights of media substrates. The
wide latitude printing system includes (a) at least one floor standing
and movable marking engine assembly having an imaging member, devices for
forming an image on the imaging member, (b) a floor standing and
separately framed dockable and undockable transfix module for side by
side docking with the marking engine assembly, the dockable and
undockable intermediate transfix module including an intermediate
transfer member for receiving the image from the marking engine assembly,
and (c) a floor standing dockable and undockable media supply and
handling module for side by side docking with the dockable and undockable
transfix module, the dockable and undockable media supply and handling
module including a set of different types of media substrates for
receiving the image from the intermediate transfer member onto one of the
set of different types of media substrates.