| CPC H04N 1/6094 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00588 (2013.01); H04N 1/6025 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |

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1. A recording apparatus comprising:
one or more circuits;
one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory being coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein at least one of the one or more circuits or the execution of the instructions causes the recording apparatus to function as:
a recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium;
a setting unit configured to set a setting indicating whether, at a timing that the recording medium has been fed, an acquisition processing for acquiring recording characteristics of the recording unit is to be executed, wherein the acquisition processing includes recording a plurality of patch patterns each of which corresponds to a gradation among a plurality of gradations of ink colors, and acquiring read values by reading each of the plurality of patch patterns; and
an execution unit configured to execute the acquisition processing based on the setting.
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