21. A method comprising: (a) receiving a stack of documents comprising a plurality of checks into an interior area of a housing through an opening in the housing while in stack form, wherein the housing is a housing of an automated banking machine including a currency dispenser device and operative to cause at least one document to be dispensed from the housing through the opening, wherein the opening is in communication with the interior area; (b) subsequent to step (a), operating the machine to move the stack received in step (a) in the housing in a direction away from the opening while remaining in stack form; (c) subsequent to step (b), separating each check individually from the stack through operation of an unstack device in the housing; (d) generating an electronic image of at least a portion of each check through operation of an imaging device in the housing.
21. A method comprising: (a) receiving a stack of documents comprising a plurality of checks into an interior area of a housing through an opening in the housing while in stack form, wherein the housing is a housing of an automated banking machine including a currency dispenser device and operative to cause at least one document to be dispensed from the housing through the opening, wherein the opening is in communication with the interior area; (b) subsequent to step (a), operating the machine to move the stack received in step (a) in the housing in a direction away from the opening while remaining in stack form; (c) subsequent to step (b), separating each check individually from the stack through operation of an unstack device in the housing; (d) generating an electronic image of at least a portion of each check through operation of an imaging device in the housing. 33. The method according to claim 21 wherein (b) comprises moving the stack through an intersection of a first sheet transport path and a second sheet transport path.