摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image reading apparatus capable of suppressing output of a sheet of blank paper with no image printed thereon.SOLUTION: In the image reading apparatus, when performing blank paper removing processing in the case of performing frame erasure processing, an image processing control unit 330 resets as a new blank paper detection area BA(BA1) a superimposition area in which a preset blank paper detection area BA and a preset printing area PA are superimposed, and sets the reset new blank paper detection area BA(BA1) as a target area of blank paper detection. |