Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus collecting image data of a plurality of documents

An image reading apparatus comprising:

• a document reading device collectively reading a plurality of documents loaded on a document loading surface to generate image data;
• an operation device receiving input of an instruction from a user;
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• a control device including a processor and as a result of executing a correction control program by the processor, functioning as:
• an individual image cutter performing processing of cutting, from the image data generated by the document reading device, individual images independent for the respective documents;
• an operation receiver receiving, via the operation device, a first instruction indicating a number of documents collected in one image;
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• a generator generating document image data corresponding to an image of a size formable on a single recording medium, the document image data having a collection of pieces of individual image data indicating the individual images obtained through the cutting performed by the individual image cutter in unit corresponding to the number indicated by the first instruction.