An automated teller machine, comprising: a cartridge that stores a document; a first document delivery system that transports the document from the cartridge to a document analysis area via a first transport path; a second document delivery system that transports the document from the document analysis area; the document analysis area including: a cartridge side platen and a belt side platen opposite thereof positioned to create a channel for the document to travel through, the channel having an entrance and an exit opposite thereof, wherein the entrance has a width to receive the document, wherein the platens (150, 152) press or hold the document while being transporting through the document analysis area; a cartridge side scan component partly incorporated into the cartridge side platen and a belt side scan component partly incorporated into the belt side platen; the cartridge side scan component is configured to capture an image of a first side of the document; the belt side scan component is configured to capture an image of a second side opposite the first side of the document; the belt side platen configured to be movable to increase the width of the entrance; a spring mechanism (178, 180) biasing the belt side platen; and wherein a force applied to the belt side platen from passage of a document having greater than a predetermined thickness overcomes at least part of the force of the spring mechanism (178, 180) to move the belt side platen to increase the width of the entrance. a cartridge that stores a document; a first document delivery system that transports the document from the cartridge to a document analysis area via a first transport path; a second document delivery system that transports the document from the document analysis area; the document analysis area including: a cartridge side platen and a belt side platen opposite thereof positioned to create a channel for the document to travel through, the channel having an entrance and an exit opposite thereof, wherein the entrance has a width to receive the document, wherein the platens (150, 152) press or hold the document while being transporting through the document analysis area; a cartridge side scan component partly incorporated into the cartridge side platen and a belt side scan component partly incorporated into the belt side platen; the cartridge side scan component is configured to capture an image of a first side of the document; the belt side scan component is configured to capture an image of a second side opposite the first side of the document; the belt side platen configured to be movable to increase the width of the entrance; a spring mechanism (178, 180) biasing the belt side platen; and wherein a force applied to the belt side platen from passage of a document having greater than a predetermined thickness overcomes at least part of the force of the spring mechanism (178, 180) to move the belt side platen to increase the width of the entrance. a cartridge side platen and a belt side platen opposite thereof positioned to create a channel for the document to travel through, the channel having an entrance and an exit opposite thereof, wherein the entrance has a width to receive the document, wherein the platens (150, 152) press or hold the document while being transporting through the document analysis area; a cartridge side scan component partly incorporated into the cartridge side platen and a belt side scan component partly incorporated into the belt side platen; the cartridge side scan component is configured to capture an image of a first side of the document; the belt side scan component is configured to capture an image of a second side opposite the first side of the document; the belt side platen configured to be movable to increase the width of the entrance; a spring mechanism (178, 180) biasing the belt side platen; and wherein a force applied to the belt side platen from passage of a document having greater than a predetermined thickness overcomes at least part of the force of the spring mechanism (178, 180) to move the belt side platen to increase the width of the entrance.