11. A method of processing documents in a document processing system, the method comprising: receiving a document into a path of travel of a document processing system; providing a document processing component located approximately at an intersection portion of the path of travel the intersection portion separating a first portion from a second portion, wherein the document processing component is aligned with the first path of travel to process a feature on a first side of the document, and further wherein the first side of the document is closer to the document processing component and the second side of the component; moving the document along the path of travel past the intersection portion and into the second portion of the path of travel; repositioning the document processing component so that it is aligned with the second path of travel to process a feature on the second side of the document, wherein the second side of the document is closer to the document processing component than the first side of the document; and moving the document along a remainder of the path of travel, the remainder including the intersection portion; wherein the document processing component includes a scanning element and wherein the component repositioning element is arranged to pivot the scanning element.
11. A method of processing documents in a document processing system, the method comprising: receiving a document into a path of travel of a document processing system; providing a document processing component located approximately at an intersection portion of the path of travel the intersection portion separating a first portion from a second portion, wherein the document processing component is aligned with the first path of travel to process a feature on a first side of the document, and further wherein the first side of the document is closer to the document processing component and the second side of the component; moving the document along the path of travel past the intersection portion and into the second portion of the path of travel; repositioning the document processing component so that it is aligned with the second path of travel to process a feature on the second side of the document, wherein the second side of the document is closer to the document processing component than the first side of the document; and moving the document along a remainder of the path of travel, the remainder including the intersection portion; wherein the document processing component includes a scanning element and wherein the component repositioning element is arranged to pivot the scanning element. 16. The method of claim 11 , wherein moving the document along a remainder of the path of travel includes depositing the document in a document recovery bin.