Recording apparatus

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a feeding roller configured to feed a long medium to be recorded;
• a medium information acquiring portion configured to acquire medium information related to said medium to be recorded;
• a data acquiring portion configured to acquire record data for recording on said medium to be recorded;
• a recording head configured to perform recording in accordance with said record data acquired by said data acquiring portion on said medium to be recorded fed by said feeding roller, and form a recorded medium;
• a take-up body configured to sequentially take up said recorded medium around a predetermined axis and produce roll-shaped recorded matter;
• a recording speed determining portion configured to determine a recording speed by said recording head based on said medium information acquired by said medium information acquiring portion;
• a total length acquiring portion configured to acquire a total recording length by said recording head;
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• a take-up time determining portion configured to predict and determine a take-up time by said take-up body before said take-up body starts take-up of said recorded medium, based on said total recording length acquired by said total length acquiring portion and said recording speed determined by said recording speed determining portion.