Patent ID: 7414745

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: an image reading unit that reads an original image from an original paper; a data reading unit that reads a plurality of additional image information data stored in a non-contact memory attached to the original paper; an output unit that outputs at least one of the original image read by the image reading unit and the additional image information data read by the data reading unit; and a control unit that stops at least one of reading processing of the image reading unit and output processing of the output unit, in case that the additional image information data, which was read by the data reading unit, has a printable attribute, and displays, on a user interface, selection information that encourages an operation for selecting the plurality of additional image information data read by the data reading unit and an output format, wherein the control unit, when it receives an additional image information data selection instruction and a selection instruction of the output format based on the displayed selection information, resumes the stopped processing, and outputs the additional image information data for which the selection was instructed and the original image read by the image reading unit based on the output format for which the selection was instructed, through the use of the output unit.