Image reading apparatus and image forming system

An image forming system comprising:

• an image reading apparatus that reads an image of a document;
• and
• an image forming unit that forms the image read by the image reading apparatus onto a recording medium,
• wherein the image reading apparatus includes
• a transport unit that transports the document,
• a reader that reads the transported document,
• a detector that detects whether or not a document bundle prior to being transported is present, and
• a controller wherein, while a document in a first document bundle corresponding to a first job is being transported, if the detector detects that a second document bundle corresponding to a second job as a subsequent job is loaded, the controller changes pre-feeding operation for preliminarily pulling a document in the second document bundle into the image reading apparatus in accordance with a pull-in position of the document in the image reading apparatus.

An image reading apparatus comprising:

• transport means for transporting a document;
• reading means for reading the transported document;
• detecting means for detecting whether or not a document bundle prior to being transported is present;
• and
• control means wherein, while a document in a first document bundle corresponding to a first job is being transported, if the detecting means detects that a second document bundle corresponding to a second job as a subsequent job is loaded, the control means changes pre-feeding operation for preliminarily pulling a document in the second document bundle into the image reading apparatus in accordance with a pull-in position of the document in the image reading apparatus.