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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Eric Young, Boise, ID (US);
Doug Batten, Boise, ID (US);
Nash Steven Stanton, Boise, ID (US);
Dean Richtsmeier, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
According to an example, an apparatus may include an automatic document feeder, printing components, an externally accessible embedded finishing mechanism, an illumination source to direct attention to the embedded finishing mechanism, and a controller. The controller may determine whether a certain condition has been met pertaining to media sheets fed into the automatic document feeder or printed by the printing components, and in response to a determination that the certain condition has been met, may activate the illumination source.