Recording device

A recording device comprising:

• a carriage that has a recording head that performs recording on a medium and a plurality of liquid cartridges that house a liquid to be ejected from the recording head, the plurality of liquid cartridges being arranged in a line in a direction that intersects a movement direction of the carriage and being provided with a target detection unit, and
• a detector that includes a moving part which moves the detector in a direction that intersects the movement direction of the carriage and also reciprocates in a direction that the medium is transported in a printing area where the recording head ejects the liquid and that, by the movement of the moving part, detects the residual amount of the liquid between the detector and each of the target detection units of the plurality of the liquid cartridges, when the carriage has stopped, wherein the moving part is located in a home position that is an end portion of the recording device in the movement direction of the carriage, the moving part being separate from any moving part that moves the carriage.