Image reading apparatus, image reading method, and image reading system

An image reading method comprising:

• detecting, from a setting sheet placed on a medium placement unit, setting information for setting a condition of reading processing of a document without reading the setting sheet by a reading unit, the medium placement unit being positioned upstream of the reading unit configured to read the document, in transportation of the document;
• setting the condition of the reading processing based on the setting information that is detected;
• and
• executing the reading processing including reading of the document by the reading unit, under the condition that is set.

An image reading system comprising:

• an image reading apparatus;
• and
• a server configured to communicate with the image reading apparatus,
• wherein the image reading apparatus includes
• a transportation unit configured to transport a document,
• a reading unit configured to read the document transported by the transportation unit,
• a medium placement unit which is positioned upstream of the reading unit in a transportation direction, and on which the document and a setting sheet that includes setting information for setting a condition of reading processing of the document are placed,
• a detection unit which is disposed in the medium placement unit, and is configured to detect the setting information from the setting sheet placed on the medium placement unit without reading the setting sheet by the reading unit, and
• a control unit configured to control the reading processing,
• the server stores a table in which a correspondence relationship between the setting information and the condition of the reading processing is prescribed, and
• the control unit sets the condition of the reading processing based on the setting information detected by the detection unit and the table stored in the server, and executes, under the condition that is set, the reading processing including reading of the document by the reading unit.