Recording apparatus capable of switching recording speed and non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by the same

A recording apparatus, comprising:

• a recording device configured to record an image on a recording medium;
• a conveying mechanism configured to convey the recording medium such that the recording medium passes through a recording position at which the recording device records an image on the recording medium;
• a drive source configured to drive the conveying mechanism;
• a storage configured to store (i) image data to be managed on a page-by-page basis and representative of images to be respectively recorded on recording media by the recording device and (ii) the number of recording pages which is the number of pages for which the images are recorded on the recording media by the recording device;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• decrease the number of recording pages which is stored in the storage, in response to completion of recording on the recording medium by the recording device on the page-by-page basis;
• increase the number of recording pages which is stored in the storage, in response to an increase in an amount of the image data stored in the storage, on the page-by-page basis;
• determine whether the number of recording pages which is stored in the storage is greater than or equal to a first number, the first number being a natural number greater than or equal to two;
• control the drive source to convey the recording medium at a first speed and control the recording device to perform recording on the recording medium when the controller determines that the number of recording pages is less than the first number;
• and
• control the drive source to convey the recording medium at a second speed greater than the first speed and control the recording device to perform the recording on the recording medium when the controller determines that the number of recording pages is greater than or equal to the first number,
• wherein the controller is configured to detect whether the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism is located at the recording position,
• wherein in a case where the number of recording pages changes, from a value less than the first number to a value greater than or equal to the first number, at a time when the recording medium is located at the recording position, the controller is configured to control the drive source to switch a speed of conveyance from the first speed to the second speed in response to detection that the recording medium has been conveyed from the recording position and absent at the recording position, and
• wherein, in a case where the recording device has performed the recording on the recording medium conveyed at the second speed based on a determination that the number of recording pages as remaining recording pages to be recorded based on the image data is greater than or equal to the first number, and even when, after completion of the recording on the recording medium by the recording device, the number of remaining recording pages is less than the first number, the controller is configured to control the drive source to convey a subsequent recording medium at the second speed and control the recording device to perform the recording on the subsequent recording medium.