A recording apparatus causes a recording head to scan a recording medium to perform recording on an area within the recording medium and on an overflow area adjacent to and outside the area within the recording medium, and includes a feed control unit for controlling feed of the recording medium in a feed direction different from a scanning direction of the recording head, such that the recording medium is fed during a period between a previous scan to perform recording and a next scan to perform recording, and controlling at least one of starting and stopping of the feed of the recording medium during a period in which the recording head scans the overflow area.