Patent ID: 8789909

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head configured to record an image on a recording medium; a carriage with the recording head mounted thereon and configured to make a reciprocating movement; a cutter unit mounted on the carriage and configured to cut the recording medium; a detection unit mounted on the carriage and configured to detect a distance to the recording medium; and a control unit configured to perform a first process, wherein in the first process, the detection unit detects the distance to the recording medium while the carriage moves to cut the recording medium by the cutter unit, wherein in case the amount of a change in the distance detected by the detection unit within a range in a direction of the movement of the carriage is equal to or more than a threshold value, the control unit performs a second process, in the second process the detection unit detects the distance to the recording medium by the detection unit while the carriage moves and the cutter unit is retracted, and wherein the control unit determines that the state of the recording medium is abnormal when the distance to the recording medium detected in the second process is equal to or less than a predetermined value.