BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to a medium transport apparatus that transports a medium, and an image reading apparatus that reads an image on a medium transported by the medium transport apparatus.

2. Related Art

A scanner, which is an example of an image reading apparatus, may be provided with, as a medium transport apparatus, an automatic feeding apparatus (also referred to as an auto document feeder (ADF)) for a medium that is a document and may automatically feed and read a plurality of media.

In addition, such an image reading apparatus as in, for example, JP-T-2009-527143, may be configured to be able to change an installation attitude by switching between a first state in which a sheet transport path provided in a casing forming an apparatus main body is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, and a second state in which the sheet transport path is closer to the horizontal direction than in the first state.

In the first state of the image reading apparatus of JP-T-2009-527143, since the sheet transport path is inclined with respect to the horizontal direction, an increase in the size of the apparatus can be suppressed. In addition, in the second state, since the sheet transport path is closer to the horizontal direction than in the first state, when discharging a high-rigidity sheet, collision of the leading end of the sheet with a floor surface or the like on which the image reading apparatus is installed is avoided.

The installation attitude of such an image reading apparatus is changed in accordance with the installation environment and the use situation. For this reason, user-friendliness may differ depending on the attitude; however, this has not been taken into consideration in the existing image reading apparatus in which the installation attitude can be changed.

SUMMARY

A medium transport apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an apparatus main body including a medium transport path from a supply unit, which supplies a medium, to a discharge unit, which discharges the medium, a switcher that switches an attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to a mounting surface on which the apparatus main body is mounted, and a controller that, when the attitude of the apparatus main body with respect to the mounting surface is switched, performs control in accordance with the attitude after the switching.

