Patent ID: 8251505

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a transport belt that transports a target in a transport direction; a record head that performs recording by adhering liquid to the target that is loaded on the transport belt so as to be transported; a heating unit that heats the transport belt and that generates heat to accelerate drying the liquid that is recorded on the target by the record head, the heating unit located on a downstream side of the record head in the transport direction; a cooling unit that forcedly cools a portion of the transport belt that is heated by the heating unit before the portion of the transport belt moves to a position corresponding to the record head; a detection unit that detects transport of the target toward a cooling target position of the cooling unit in advance; and a control unit that controls the cooling unit such that a cooling operation is performed by the cooling unit during a period in which the transport of the target is not detected based on the result of detection of the detection unit and the cooling operation of the cooling unit is stopped at least before the target arrives at the cooling target position for a case where the transport of the target is detected based on the result of detection of the detection unit.