Patent ID: 7796295

Claim:
An image reader system comprising: an attribute acquisition unit that acquires an attribute of each page of an original that has been detected by an image reader unit that optically reads an image of the original, the attribute of each page of the original being a classification of each page of the original; an image output unit that outputs the attribute that has been acquired by the image reader unit and image data that are acquired by the reading of the image reader unit with the attribute and the image data being associated with each other; and a print unit to receive the outputted attribute and associated image data; said print unit determining if the received attribute and associated image data conflict with received print parameters; said print unit acquiring user instructions when said print unit determines that the received attribute and associated image data conflict with received print parameters; said print unit setting print parameters in accordance with acquired user instructions; said print unit printing the received image data in accordance with the set print parameters.