Printing device internal lighting

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a body;
• a media path comprising at least one media movement and support element within said body of said printing apparatus, said media path moving sheets of media through said body of said printing apparatus;
• a marking engine within said body of said printing apparatus, said media path supplying said sheets of media to said marking engine;
• a processor within said body of said printing apparatus, said processor being operatively connected to said marking engine, said processor controlling actions of said marking engine;
• sensors within said body of said printing apparatus, said sensors being operatively connected to said processor, said sensors being positioned along said media path, said sensors detecting locations and conditions of said sheets of media as said sheets of media travel along said media path, said sensors having a first clip shape;
• clip connectors within said body of said printing apparatus, said clip connectors being connected to said sensors;
• light structures within said body of said printing apparatus connected to said clip connectors, said light structures having an identical shape as said sensors for connecting to said clip connectors;
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• a graphic user interface on said body of said printing apparatus and operatively connected to said processor,
• said sensors detecting a paper jam within said media path,
• said graphic user interface providing sequential instructions to guide a user through a multi-step process of checking different areas of said media path to remove said paper jam, and
• said processor sequentially activating different ones of said light structures within said body of said printing apparatus to illuminate said different areas of said media path in coordination with said sequential instructions.

A printing apparatus comprising:

• a body;
• a media supply operatively connected to said body of said printing apparatus, said media supply storing sheets of media;
• a media path comprising at least one media movement and support element within said body of said printing apparatus, said media path having a beginning, a middle, and an end, said media path moving said sheets of media through said body of said printing apparatus, and said beginning of said media path being adjacent said media supply;
• a marking engine within said body of said printing apparatus, said middle of said media path being adjacent said marking engine, said media path supplying said sheets of media to said marking engine, and said marking engine printing marks on said sheets of media in a printing process to create printed sheets;
• a media exit operatively connected to said body of said printing apparatus, said end of said media path being adjacent said media exit, and said media path moving said printed sheets from said marking engine to said media exit;
• a processor within said body of said printing apparatus, said processor being operatively connected to said marking engine, said processor controlling actions of said marking engine;
• sensors within said body of said printing apparatus, said sensors being operatively connected to said processor, said sensors being positioned along said media path, said sensors detecting locations and conditions of said sheets of media as said sheets of media travel along said media path, said sensors having a first clip shape;
• clip connectors within said body of said printing apparatus, said clip connectors being connected to said sensors, said clip connectors providing electrical communication between said sensors and said processor, said clip connectors having a second clip shape corresponding to and fitting said first clip shape, and said first clip shape and said second clip shape forming a physical connection between said sensors and clip connectors;
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• light structures within said body of said printing apparatus, said light structures being connected to said clip connectors, said clip connectors providing electrical power to said light structures, said light structures having said first clip shape, and said first clip shape and said second clip shape forming a physical connection between said light structures and clip connectors,
• a graphic user interface on said body of said printing apparatus and operatively connected to said processor,
• said sensors detecting a paper jam within said media path,
• said graphic user interface providing sequential instructions to guide a user through a multi-step process of checking different areas of said media path to remove said paper jam, and
• said processor sequentially activating different ones of said light structures within said body of said printing apparatus to illuminate said different areas of said media path in coordination with said sequential instructions.