The present invention provides an apparatus for facing documents dunng high speed processing The present invention employs at least one sensor to scan the documents individually as they are fed sequentially through a processing machine The sensor determines the direction the documents are facing Depending on the direction the documents are facing, a path selector directs the documents to one of two equal length paths within the processing machine If a document is facing up the path selector directs the document along a first path that leads directly to a collection point If a document is facing down the path selector directs the document along a second path that includes a twisted conveyor belt which turns the document about the longitudinal axis to face up.
