A recording apparatus includes a feed unit that transports a recording medium from a setting position, a record head that performs recording on the recording medium, a first detection unit that detects passage of a rear end of the recording medium at a predetermined position on the downstream side of the feed unit, and a control unit that controls the feed unit such that the recording medium of a next page reaches a predetermined position until a predetermined timing after detection of the rear end of a preceding page by using the first detection unit for performing an advance feed mode in which the recording medium of the next page is transported from a setting position to the predetermined position without waiting for completion of recording on the preceding page, when the rear end of the preceding page is detected by the first detection unit.