Document reading device and image forming apparatus

1. A document reading device comprising:

a document image acquisition unit that scans a document and obtains a document image;

a document image storage unit that stores the document image obtained by the document image acquisition unit;

a compression unit that compresses the document image stored in the document image storage unit;

a determination unit that determines whether or not a document image file compressed by the compression unit has been normally produced; and

a setting change unit that, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produced normally, changes a setting so as to recompress the document image stored in the document image storage unit with another setting,

wherein the document image acquisition unit obtains an image width of the document image and/or an image length thereof, and the determination unit determines with the image width of the document image and/or the image length thereof whether or not the document image file compressed has been normally produced.

2. A document reading device comprising;

a document image acquisition unit that scans a document and obtains a document image;

a document image storage unit that stores the document image obtained by the document image acquisition unit;

a compression unit that compresses the document image stored in the document image storage unit;

a determination unit that determines whether or not a document image file compressed by the compression unit has been normally produced;

a setting change unit that, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produces normally, changes a setting so as to recompress the document image stored in the document image storage unit with another setting; and

a document length acquisition unit that detects a document length, wherein the determination unit determines with the document length whether or not the document image file compressed has been normally produced.

3. A document reading device comprising:

a document image acquisition unit that scans a document and obtains a document image;

a document image storage unit that stores the document image obtained by the document image acquisition unit;

a compression unit that compresses the document image stored in the document image storage unit;

a determination unit that determines whether or not a document image file compressed by the compression unit has been normally produced; and

a setting change unit that, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produced normally, changes a setting so as to recompress the document image stored in the document image storage unit with another setting,

wherein the determination unit further determines, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produced normally, whether or not it is capable of producing normally the document image file compressed by changing the setting; and when it is determined that it is not capable of producing normally the document image file compressed despite the change of the setting, the document image stored in the storage unit is deleted.

4. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a document reading device that reads a document; and

an image forming unit that forms an image based on an output from the document reading device,

the document reading device having:

a document image acquisition unit that scans a document and obtains a document image;

a document image storage unit that stores the document image obtained by the document image acquisition unit;

a compression unit that compresses the document image stored in the document image storage unit;

a determination unit that determines whether or not a document image file compressed by the compression unit has normally been produced; and

a setting change unit that, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produced normally, changes a setting so as to recompress the document image stored in the document image storage unit with another setting

wherein the document image acquisition unit obtains an image width of the document image and/or an image length thereof, and the determination unit determines with the image width of the document image and/or the image length thereof whether or not the document image file compressed has bean normally produced.

5. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a document reading device that reads a document; and

an image forming unit that forms an image based on an output from the document reading device,

the document reading device having:

a document image acquisition unit that scans a document and obtains a document image;

a document image storage unit that stores the document image obtained by the document image acquisition unit;

a compression unit that compresses the document image stored in the document image storage unit;

a determination unit that determines whether or not a document image file compressed by the compression unit has normally been produced;

a setting change unit that, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produced normally, changes a setting so as to recompress the document image stored in the document image storage unit with another setting; and

a document length acquisition unit that detects a document length, wherein the determination unit determines with the document length whether or not the document image file compressed has been normally produced.

6. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a document reading device that reads a document; and

an image forming unit that forms an image based on an output from the document reading device,

the document reading device having:

a document image acquisition unit that scans a document and obtains a document image;

a document image storage unit that stores the document image obtained by the document image acquisition unit;

a compression unit that compresses the document image stored in the document image storage unit;

a determination unit that determines whether or not a document image file compressed by the compression unit has normally been produced;

a setting change unit that, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produced normally, changes a setting so as to recompress the document image stored in the document image storage unit with another setting;

wherein the determination unit further determines, in the case where it is determined that the document image file compressed has not been produced normally, whether or not it is capable of producing normally the document image file compressed by changing the setting; and when it is determined that it is not capable of producing normally the document image file compressed despite the change of the setting, the document image stored in the storage unit is deleted.