Patent ID: 8670133

Claim:
A document reading apparatus comprising: a print mode selecting unit configured to select either a normal print mode or a saving print mode as a print mode based on a user input, the normal print mode including predetermined print settings and the saving print mode including print settings associated with less paper consumption than the normal print mode; a document containing unit arranged to hold at least two pieces of documents; a document reading unit configured to read the documents in the document containing unit and to generate read images; a document detecting unit configured to detect the documents in the document containing unit; a confirmation window displaying unit configured to display a confirmation window based on a detection result from the document detecting unit, the confirmation window having a mode change button; and an image forming unit configured to form output images from the read images based on the print mode; wherein the confirmation window displaying unit determines whether or not the confirmation window is to be displayed based on the print mode; and the print mode selecting unit selects the normal print mode as the print mode in response to an input through the mode change button.