1. A bar code reader for both reading bar codes and imaging a document not having a bar code affixed thereto, the bar code reader comprising: a housing having a housing interior and including a horizontal transparent window and a vertical transparent window that define a reader field of view for imaging a document or a bar code containing object that is swiped or presented within the reader field of view; a camera system having one or more image capture sensors for capturing images within the reader field of view near the horizontal transparent window and the vertical transparent window wherein the field of view includes a front of a document within the reader field of view and a back of said document within the reader field of view; and an image processing system comprising a processor for decoding a bar code carried by the target object or, storing images of the front and back of a document.