an applying unit which includes a coating member for applying a liquid to a medium and a liquid holding member for holding the liquid in a condition that the liquid contacts with a part of the coating member, and causes the coating member to rotate so as to apply the liquid held by the liquid holding member to the medium through the coating member;

a reservoir which stores the liquid;

a path which makes the reservoir and the liquid holding member communicated with each other;

a recovering unit which recovers the liquid from a flow passage including said path and the liquid holding member to said reservoir;

a storage unit which stores information indicating that a recovering operation has been executed by said recovering unit; and

a preparation operation executing unit which executes, as a preparation operation executed before applying operation by said applying unit, at least one of a supplying operation in which the liquid is supplied from said reservoir to the liquid holding member through said path and a rotation operation in which the coating member is rotated,

wherein said preparation operation executing unit changes a mode of the preparation operation in accordance with a judgment whether the information indicating that a recovering operation has been executed is stored in said storage unit.