Patent ID: 7058350

Claim:
An imaging device including an exposure station comprising a platen having a surface upon which an original document may be placed, a light source located on a side of the platen opposite the surface upon which the original document may be placed, and a platen cover adjacent the surface of the platen upon which the original document may be placed, and wherein the platen cover comprises a substrate having a surface facing the surface of the platen upon which the original document may be placed, at least of portion of the substrate surface being coated with a fluorescent coating, wherein the platen cover substrate has a dark color, wherein the fluorescent coating fluoresces or emits light in response to exposure to a light source, and wherein the fluorescent coating permits the dark color of the substrate to appear when the fluorescent coating is not exposed to a light source, and the fluorescent coating fluoresces or emits light in response to the exposure to the light source so as to appear white.