Recording apparatus and control method of recording apparatus having a conveyance roller pair upstream of a recording unit

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording unit configured to record onto a recording medium;
• a conveyance roller pair disposed on the upstream side of the recording unit in a conveyance direction of the recording medium;
• a detecting unit configured to detect a trailing edge of the recording medium;
• and
• a control unit configured to perform recording on the recording medium by repeatedly performing a conveying operation of the conveyance roller pair conveying the recording medium by a first conveyance amount and an image formation operation of the recording unit forming an image on the recording medium, where the image formation operation is forbidden by the control unit once the trailing edge of the recording medium has passed the conveyance roller pair,
• wherein, in a case where determination is made by the detecting unit that a distance from the trailing edge of the recording medium to the conveyance roller pair is smaller than the first conveyance amount, the control unit effects control such that the conveyance roller pair conveys the recording medium by a second conveyance amount which is smaller than the first conveyance amount, so that the trailing edge of the recording medium is on the upstream side of the conveyance roller pair in the conveyance direction and that the distance from the trailing edge of the recording medium to the conveyance roller pair is smaller than a predetermined distance.