A scanner illumination assembly, comprising: a front edge illuminator assembly operatively coupled to LED optics ; a printed circuit board assembly having a front portion and a back portion , the front portion having at least six color LEDs for dark field illumination, and the back portion having: at least four LEDs near four corners of the board assembly, the at least four LEDs being white LEDs, blue LEDs, or a combination of white LEDs and blue LEDs, and a plural point source bright field spot illumination assembly comprising at least two spot illumination red LEDs with aspheric lens caps; a superellipsoidal dome having a front end operatively coupled to the front edge illuminator assembly , and a rear end having a protective window with a camera opening and operatively coupled to the printed circuit board assembly that is disposed proximate to the rear end of the superellipsoidal dome, the dome having at least two optically clear openings , and a camera aimer beam opening near the rear end of the dome, wherein each of the at least two spot illumination red LEDs are aligned with a respective one of the at least two clear openings ; and an assembly enclosure having an inner sleeve , a front end operatively coupled to the front edge illuminator assembly , and a rear end operatively coupled to the printed circuit board assembly . a front edge illuminator assembly operatively coupled to LED optics ; a printed circuit board assembly having a front portion and a back portion , the front portion having at least six color LEDs for dark field illumination, and the back portion having: at least four LEDs near four corners of the board assembly, the at least four LEDs being white LEDs, blue LEDs, or a combination of white LEDs and blue LEDs, and a plural point source bright field spot illumination assembly comprising at least two spot illumination red LEDs with aspheric lens caps; the front portion having at least six color LEDs for dark field illumination, and the back portion having: at least four LEDs near four corners of the board assembly, the at least four LEDs being white LEDs, blue LEDs, or a combination of white LEDs and blue LEDs, and a plural point source bright field spot illumination assembly comprising at least two spot illumination red LEDs with aspheric lens caps; at least four LEDs near four corners of the board assembly, the at least four LEDs being white LEDs, blue LEDs, or a combination of white LEDs and blue LEDs, and a plural point source bright field spot illumination assembly comprising at least two spot illumination red LEDs with aspheric lens caps; a superellipsoidal dome having a front end operatively coupled to the front edge illuminator assembly , and a rear end having a protective window with a camera opening and operatively coupled to the printed circuit board assembly that is disposed proximate to the rear end of the superellipsoidal dome, the dome having at least two optically clear openings , and a camera aimer beam opening near the rear end of the dome, wherein each of the at least two spot illumination red LEDs are aligned with a respective one of the at least two clear openings ; and an assembly enclosure having an inner sleeve , a front end operatively coupled to the front edge illuminator assembly , and a rear end operatively coupled to the printed circuit board assembly . <EOS>