Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording head that includes a nozzle row which is provided with a plurality of liquid discharging nozzles discharging liquid to a medium along a medium transporting direction, and executes recording as one pass by discharging the liquid from the liquid discharging nozzles in accordance with movement in a scanning direction intersecting the medium transporting direction;
• a transporting unit that transports the medium to a recording position which is a position facing the nozzle row;
• and
• a controller that is capable of acquiring information relating to a length of the medium in the medium transporting direction, and controls the recording head and the transporting unit,
• wherein the controller determines the liquid discharging nozzle being used for a recording operation as one pass in the beginning in accordance with the acquired length of the medium in the medium transporting direction, and executes a heading operation feeding the medium to a position facing the determined liquid discharging nozzle.