Patent ID: 8300241

Claim:
An image reading device which performs an original reading process in a push scan mode in which image data read from an original document is output to an output destination terminal through a network, comprising: an image reading unit that reads image data from the original document; an automatic paper feeder that feeds a plurality of set original documents including the original document sequentially one at a time to the image reading unit; an image reading control unit that controls reading of the image data, by the image reading unit, of the original document fed by the automatic paper feeder, by controlling the automatic paper feeder and the image reading unit; and a judging unit that tries to log-in to the output destination terminal by using predetermined authentication information corresponding to the output destination terminal concurrently with a start of feeding of the original document by the automatic paper feeder controlled by the image reading control unit, and that judges from a result of the log-in whether or not the image data can be output to the output destination terminal, wherein the judging unit comprises a path checking portion that judges whether or not there is a storage path in the output destination terminal when the log-in is successful, and judges that the image data can be output to the output destination terminal when it is judged by the path checking portion that there is the storage path in the output destination terminal, the image reading control unit cancels the ongoing original reading process when it is judged by the judging unit that it is impossible to output the image data to the output destination terminal, and the image reading control unit continues the ongoing original reading process when it is judged by the judging unit that it is possible to output the image data to the output destination terminal.