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 transparent window which defines 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 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.