Abstract: An reading device includes: a reading region setting section setting a reading region set under an inclination correction by an inclination correction section to be larger than a reading region set without the inclination correction, an image reading section reading a document in the reading region to generate image data, and a determination section defining a target region from a whole region of the image data and analyzing a portion of the image data corresponding to the document in the target region thereby determining an attribute of the image data, defining, without the inclination correction, a region obtained by inwardly narrowing the whole region of the image data by a predefined first region as the target region, and defining, under the inclination correction, a region obtained by inwardly narrowing the whole region of the image data by a second region larger than the first region as the target region.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus having a function for outputting data to a plurality of output units, wherein the usage of each output unit is clarified and output processing is executed efficiently and smoothly. A main printer, an auxiliary printer and a disallowed printer are designated. If a problem (paper depletion, jamming, toner depletion, etc.) develops in the main printer during the course of a printing operation being executed using the main printer, printing is continued using the auxiliary printer. Use of the disallowed printer is inhibited in order that it may serve as a printer dedicated to another information processing apparatus.