1. A system for previewing and imaging a document, the system comprising: an imaging unit comprising, an imaging surface configured to receive the document thereon, an image sensing member configured to capture an image corresponding to the document during an imaging operation, and an image processing member communicably coupled to the image sensing member to receive the captured image, the image processing member further configured to convert the captured image to a digital data format; and a display unit communicably coupled to the image processing member, the display unit comprising user interface configured to exhibit a placement-guiding display object over the converted captured image.