Patent ID: 8760675

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a data communication unit configured to perform data communication with an external apparatus; an input operation unit configured to receive user's input operation; a reading device configured to perform a scanning operation of reading an image of a document; and a control unit configured to perform: a communication receiving process of receiving a scan condition for the scanning operation through the data communication unit; an input receiving process of receiving a scan condition for the scanning operation through the input operation unit; a selection receiving process of receiving a selection instruction received by the input operation unit and representing whether to perform a first reading mode or a second reading mode, wherein the first reading mode is for making the reading device perform the scanning operation preferentially on a basis of the scan condition received in the communication receiving process, and wherein the second reading mode is for making the reading device perform the scanning operation preferentially on a basis of the scan condition received in the input receiving process; and a scanning executing process of performing the reading mode selected by the selection instruction received in the selection receiving process.