designated generally by the numeral 10 with reference to fig1 there is illustrated a typical scanner printer that might incorporate the present invention there is generally shown a carriage assembly at 12 mounted on a lead screw 14 for reciprocal motion as illustrated by the carriage motion arrows 15 in relation to the machine frame 16 an array of light emitting diodes 18 project light upwardly line 19 to be reflected down to the 45 degree mirror 20 in turn reflecting the light to the lens 22 the light is projected from the lens 22 to an array of image sensors 24 the array of light of image sensors 24 is suitably secured to the sub assembly 26 along with a suitable printing device such as an ink jet head 28 in operation for scanning a stationery document illustrated at 30 the carriage assembly 12 moves from right to left to a start of scan position to suitably position the led 39 s 18 and mirror 20 at the right edge 31 of the document 30 to be scanned as the carriage moves further to the left the led 39 s project light to the document 30 and the document reflects the light to the mirror 20 to the lens 22 on to the array of image sensors 24 to sense the degree of reflected light from the document image similarly in printing an object onto the stationery copy.