Image reading device

An image reading device comprising:

• a document conveyance section configured to convey, one by one, document sheets loaded on a document loading table;
• a reading section configured to generate image data by reading a document sheet conveyed by the document conveyance section;
• a determination section configured to determine whether or not the document sheet read by the reading section is an identifier sheet that indicates identification information for identifying, on a network, an information processing device that is a communication target;
• an operation control section configured to control a document conveying operation of the document conveyance section and a document reading operation of the reading section, the operation control section causing suspension of the document conveying operation and the document reading operation upon the determination section determining that the document sheet read by the reading section is an identifier sheet;
• a reading instruction request section configured to, upon the determination section determining that the document sheet read by the reading section is an identifier sheet, communicate with the information processing device identified by the identification information indicated by the identifier sheet, thereby requesting the information processing device for an instruction pertaining to document reading;
• and
• a reading instruction reception section configured to receive an instruction pertaining to document reading that is transmitted from the information processing device, wherein
• upon the reading instruction reception section receiving the instruction pertaining to document reading, the operation control section:
• causes restarting of the document conveying operation of the document conveyance section and the document reading operation of the reading section;
• and
• causes the reading section to perform document reading in accordance with a reading setting indicated by the instruction pertaining to document reading in order to generate image data for document sheets from a document sheet directly after the identifier sheet determined by the determination section through to a document sheet directly prior to a next identifier sheet determined by the determination section, or through to a final document sheet loaded on the document loading table.