Patent ID: 7116439

Claim:
A scanner system comprising an image scanner for scanning image data of an original and a control device for controlling the image scanner, wherein the control device includes: first setting means for accepting input for setting a reading size of the original; second setting means for accepting input for setting a direction of the original; and scanning instruction means for designating a reading area of the original based on the inputs of the reading size and the direction of the original that have been accepted by the first and second setting means and outputting a scan execution instruction to the image scanner, wherein the scanning instruction means includes means for setting a scanning execution standby mode which accepts input for bringing an instruction for executing scanning of the original into a standby state, and transmission means for transmitting the scan execution instruction that has been brought into the standby state to the image scanner, and wherein the image scanner includes receiving means for receiving the scan execution instruction that has been brought into the standby state from the transmission means, and scan initiating means for releasing the scan execution instruction received by the receiving means from the standby state so as to initiate scanning of the original.