Apparatus which indicates to a user the proper placement of pages to be scanned

An automatic document feeder which indicates a proper placement for pages of a document to be scanned, comprising:

• a tray for holding the pages to be scanned;
• a feeding mechanism which feeds pages of the document to be scanned from the tray;
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• a plurality of illuminatable indicators which indicate a proper placement on the tray to place the pages to be scanned, the plurality of illuminatable indicators having rectangular shapes and having orientations which indicate whether the pages are to be placed in a portrait or landscape orientation.

A scanning system which indicates where to place a page to be scanned, comprising:

• a paper support surface means for supporting the page to be scanned including:
• a transparent contact surface;
• a paper orientation indicator means for indicating how a user is to orient the page to be scanned on the contact surface, the paper orientation indicator means representing a page and whether the page to be scanned is to be placed in a portrait or landscape orientation, the paper orientation indicator means further being a miniature representation of how a user should place a page on the transparent contact surface in order for the page to be properly scanned;
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• a scanning means for scanning the page, disposed under the paper support surface means.

An automatic document feeder which indicates a proper placement for pages of a document to be scanned, comprising:

• a tray means for holding the pages to be scanned;
• a feeding means for feeding pages of the document to be scanned from the tray;
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• a paper orientation indicating means for indicating a proper placement on the tray to place the pages to be scanned, the paper orientation indicating means having rectangular shapes and having orientations which indicate whether the pages are to be placed in a portrait or landscape orientation.