Scanner excluding blank page data from scan data based on information outputted from trained machine learning model

A scanner comprising:

• a scanning engine;
• a user interface;
• a communication interface;
• and
• a controller including one or more processors, the controller being configured to perform:
• a scan process under a scan start condition including a requirement that a scan instruction is received through the user interface, the scan process including:
• reading an original using the scanning engine to generate first scan data, the original including a plurality of sheets, the first scan data for a plurality of page images each representing corresponding one or more sheets of the plurality of sheets;
• a transmission process under a transmission condition, the transmission process including:
• transmitting scan-related information to a server through the communication interface, the scan-related information being target page data in the first scan data or data based on the target page data, the target page data being page data for one or more first target page images of the plurality of page images;
• a determination receiving process under a receiving condition including a requirement that the transmission process is completed, the determination receiving process including:
• receiving determination information from the server via the communication interface, the determination information indicating that one or more second target page images of the one or more first target page images represent blank pages, the determination information being outputted by a trained machine learning model based on the scan-related information;
• and
• a first outputting process under a first outputting condition, the first outputting condition including a requirement that the determination information is received from the server through the communication interface, the first outputting process including:
• generating second scan data by excluding first blank page data from the first scan data based on the determination information, the first blank page data being page data for one or more removal page images of the one or more second target page images;
• and
• outputting a first output object, the first output object being the second scan data or an object based on the second scan data.