CHECKOUT SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PREVENTING A CUSTOMER-OPERATED ACCESSORY READER FACING A BAGGING AREA FROM IMAGING TARGETS ON PRODUCTS PASSED THROUGH A CLERK-OPERATED WORKSTATION TO THE BAGGING AREA

A checkout system includes a clerk-operated bi-optical workstation through which products having target data are passed to a bagging area, and a customer-operated accessory reader having an accessory window facing the bagging area and a data capture assembly for capturing additional target data of additional targets associated with transaction-related items, particularly over a restricted range of working distances that terminates short of the bagging area, and for preventing the accessory reader from capturing the target data of the products in the bagging area.