Recording system

A recording system comprising:

• a relay transport path through which a medium is transported between a recording unit that performs recording by ejecting liquid onto the medium and a post-processing unit that performs post-processing for the medium on which recording is performed by the recording unit, the relay transport path including a first transport path that is provided on an upstream side, a second transport path that is connected to the first transport path on a downstream side in a medium transport direction, and a third transport path that is connected to the second transport path on a downstream side in the medium transport direction;
• a transport unit that transports the medium, which includes a preceding medium which is transported earlier and a succeeding medium which is transported subsequently to the preceding medium, through the relay transport path in the medium transport direction, the transport unit including first pairs of rollers disposed in the first transport path, second pairs of rollers disposed in the second transport path, and third pairs of rollers disposed in the third transport path;
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• a control unit configured to control the transport unit to transport, in the relay transport path, the preceding medium and the succeeding medium with an interval between a trailing edge of the preceding medium and a leading edge of the succeeding medium in the medium transport direction,
• the control unit being configured to control the transport unit to transport the preceding medium and the succeeding medium in the relay transport path such that the interval is widest in a transport region of the relay transport path, the transport region being located on a downstream side in the medium transport direction before the medium enters into the post-processing unit, in the relay transport path, and being closer to the post-processing unit than to the recording unit,
• the control unit being configured to control the transport unit such that an average medium transport speed in the third transport path by the third pairs of rollers is faster than an average medium transport speed in the second transport path by the second pairs of rollers, and such that the average medium transport speed in the second transport path by the second pairs of rollers is faster than an average medium transport speed in the first transport path by the first pairs of rollers.