A recording apparatus which discharges a liquid onto a plurality of recording media to perform recording, comprising:
- a recording head configured to perform recording on the recording media and in which a plurality of discharge ports through which the liquid is discharged are formed;
- a transport mechanism which has a transport route of the recording media and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a spacing distance between two recording media among the recording media upstream from the recording head, the transport mechanism being configured to transport the recording media so that each of the recording media passes through a position facing the recording head, and being configured to successively transport the recording media along the transport route;
- a discharge control unit configured to control the recording head so that the liquid is discharged to perform recording on the recording media under a condition that the discharge ports face each of the transported recording media during a period of the transport of the recording media by the transport mechanism, and that at least one flushing is performed under a condition that the discharge ports are positioned between the two recording media transported continuously and the discharge ports do not face one of the two recording media, the flushing including a discharge flushing in which the liquid is discharged from the discharge ports and a non-discharge flushing in which the liquid is vibrated in the discharge ports without discharging the liquid from the discharge ports;
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- a measuring mechanism which is arranged upstream from the recording head along the transport route and configured to measure the spacing distance between the recording media,
- wherein the adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust a next spacing distance between the recording media based on the spacing distance between the recording media measured by the measuring mechanism,
- wherein the discharge control unit is configured to adjust at least one of a number of times of the flushing of the discharge flushing for each of the discharge ports and a number of times of the flushing of the non-discharge flushing for each of the discharge ports based on a size of the spacing distance between the recording media adjusted by the adjusting mechanism, and
- wherein the at least one of the number of times of the flushing of the discharge flushing for each of the discharge ports and the number of times of the flushing of the non-discharge flushing for each of the discharge ports is increased in proportion as the spacing distance between the recording media becomes large, and the at least one of the number of times of the flushing of the discharge flushing for each of the discharge ports and the number of times of the flushing of the non-discharge flushing for each of the discharge ports is decreased in proportion as the spacing distance between the recording media becomes short.