Image reading apparatus

Abstract

An image reading apparatus that includes an operation acceptor that accepts a command from a user, an image data acquirer that reads a document and acquires image data, a contamination detector that detects contamination of the image data acquirer, a storage that records a detection result of the contamination detector as contamination detection information, a display that displays various types of information to the user, and one or more controllers, wherein in a case where the operation acceptor accepts a command to read the document, the one or more controllers refer to the contamination detection information recorded in the storage, and in a case where contamination is detected on the image data acquirer, cause the display to display a message about the contamination and an inquiry about whether to start reading of the document or not, and in a case where the operation acceptor accepts a command to start the reading of the document, cause the image data acquirer to start the reading of the document, and on the other hand, in a case where contamination is not detected on the image data acquirer, the one or more controllers cause the image data acquirer to start the reading of the document.

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