When an image is recorded on a recording medium conveyed by a conveyance mechanism, prescribed information is set in accordance with an interval between a first medium detection unit that is provided between a supply mechanism that supplies the recording medium and the conveyance mechanism and a second medium detection unit that is provided above the conveyance mechanism, one of the first and second medium detection units is selected on the basis of the prescribed information and detection information of each of the first and second medium detection units, and image recording is controlled on the basis of the detection information of the selected one of the first and second medium detection units and conveyance information of a conveyance information generation unit.