A recording apparatus includes a first transporting device, a second transporting device, and a recording device which performs recording on the medium transported by the first and second transporting devices. The recording apparatus includes: a controller which determines one transporting device which is to be driven first according to a condition, determines the other transporting device which is to be subsequently driven and controls a startup timing of the other transporting device on the basis of a position parameter according to a driving amount of the one transporting device which is to be driven first.