Patent ID: 8083131

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data included on user cards, an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes: a housing, wherein the housing includes at least one movable door, wherein in an open condition the at least one movable door enables a local machine service person to access an interior area of the housing for servicing, at least one input device, wherein the at least one input device includes the card reader, at least one output device, a check processing device, wherein the check processing device is operative to at least one of image checks and read micr line data from checks input to the automated banking machine; at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the at least one input device, the at least one output device, and the check processing device, wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause the automated banking machine to read card data from cards through operation of the card reader, wherein the card data corresponds to financial accounts, wherein the at least one processor enables the automated banking machine to carry out transactions involving financial accounts corresponding to card data, wherein at least some of the transactions include transactions in which checks are received by the automated banking machine, wherein the check processing device includes at least one visual indicator thereon, wherein the at least one visual indicator provides at least one visual output indicative of at least one condition of the check processing device, wherein the at least one visual indicator is operative to output at least one first visual output, wherein the at least one first visual output corresponds to a first condition, wherein in the first condition the check processing device is capable of operation to process checks, wherein the at least one visual indicator is operative to output a plurality of further visual outputs other than the at least one first visual output, wherein each of the plurality of further visual outputs corresponds to at least one condition of the check processing device in which the device is not capable of operation to process checks, wherein the at least one visual indicator is visible from outside the housing only when the at least one movable door is in the open condition.