Patent ID: 8287065

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head that performs recording on a recording target medium; a driving mechanism that is capable of causing the recording head to move closer to the recording target medium or move away from the recording target medium; a first movement range delimiting section that determines the position of one end in a movement range of the recording head; a second movement range delimiting section that determines the position of the other end in the movement range; and a controlling section that performs driving control for moving the recording head to the one end until it becomes impossible for the recording head to move further because the movement thereof is limited by the first movement range delimiting section and thereafter moving the recording head to the other end until it becomes impossible for the recording head to move further because the movement thereof is limited by the second movement range delimiting section so as to acquire the amount of the driving operation as reference driving amount, wherein a correction value is determined from the reference driving amount and a theoretical driving amount needed for moving the recording head from the one end to the other end of the movement range, wherein the controlling section then determines a driving amount for one driving operation that is performed by the driving mechanism on the basis of the reference driving amount and the correction value.