Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording unit that records onto a medium;
• a first driving unit that rotates a roll member around which the medium is wrapped;
• a transport unit, located downstream from the roll member in a transport direction of the medium, that transports the medium;
• a second driving unit that drives the transport unit;
• and
• a control unit that executes a first process for measuring a load occurring when transporting the medium while rotating the roll member 1/N rotations in a rotation direction employed when transporting the medium downstream by driving the first driving unit while the second driving unit is stopped, and after executing the first process, executes a second process for first rotating the roll member 1/N rotations in the opposite direction as the rotation direction by driving the first driving unit while the second driving unit is stopped and then rotating the roll member 1/N rotations in the rotation direction while transporting the medium downstream by driving the first driving unit and the second driving unit, the control unit executing the first process and the second process at least N/2 times.