Recording apparatus and recovery method

摘要

A recording apparatus includes recording heads (7) mounted in a carriage (50) which can move in a direction vertical to a main surface of a recording medium, a guide rail (52) which guides movement of the carriage, and a recovery unit (6) which recovers recording characteristics. The carriage has a regulating section (26) which regulates vertical upward movement of the carriage. A regulating section distance between the guide rail and regulating section is switchable between a first distance and a second distance which is smaller than the first distance. The regulating section distance is set to the second distance when the recovery unit performs a recovery operation.