A recording device includes a recording head configured to perform recording on a T-shirt, a tray including a placing surface for placement of the T-shirt, the tray being configured to move in a front-rear direction including a position facing the recording head, an illumination mechanism configured to emit light in an illumination pattern toward the placing surface from a lower side of the placing surface, an operation panel configured to receive illumination instruction information specifying the illumination pattern, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to change the illumination pattern of the illumination mechanism, based on the illumination instruction information received by the operation panel.